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Friday’s Headlines Are Carbon-Free

The Biden administration released a plan to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, which accounts for the biggest chunk of carbon we put into the air.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EST on January 13, 2023

The Biden administration released a plan to eliminate all carbon emissions from the transportation sector by 2050 using land-use reforms and investments in transit and electric vehicle infrastructure. (Smart Cities Dive)
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is worried about deaths and injuries from EV crashes because of the weight of their batteries. (NPR)
The new Republican chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, is a big fan of building roads and widening highways. (The Heartlander)
It only took a few hours after Elon Musk made the misleadingly named “full self-driving mode” available to everyone for a Tesla to cause an eight-car pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge (Jalopnik). In related news, an Austin cyclist took video of a GM robotaxi veering into a bike lane (KXAN).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget includes $5.7 billion in cuts to transit projects. (San Francisco Standard, Streetsblog CAL)
Houston Public Media outlines transit, bike and pedestrian projects in the works for 2023.
Charlotte bus drivers who want better pay and benefits are considering going on strike. (WFAE)
Louisville is auditing city streets in preparation for lowering speed limits to 35 miles per hour. (Courier-Journal)
A plan for removing hostile infrastructure and improving transit in Salt Lake City is gaining steam (City Weekly). Mayor Erin Mendenhall also announced a commitment to Vision Zero (Building Salt Lake City).
The Rose Quarter project has a new, powerful opponent in the owners of the Portland Trailblazers’ coliseum. (Willamette Week)
Indy Week does a deep dive into proposed Research Triangle commuter rail.
A top Orange County official is wary of the secretive nature of an Orlando theme park’s plan to create a special tax district to fund a SunRail extension. (Sentinel)
Almost every Barcelona resident lives within 300 meters of a bike lane. (The Mayor)

Blake Aued

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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