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Tuesday’s Headlines Lace Up Their Sneakers

Walking and biking trails are being used more than ever, and more are coming, thanks to the Biden administration.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EST on January 24, 2023

Tuesday’s Headlines Lace Up Their Sneakers

Biking on a trail in Kellogg, Idaho. Photo: Don Kostelec

The omnibus spending bill signed by President Biden in December includes $27 million for walking and biking trails. Trail use is up 45 percent since 2019. (Route Fifty)
Facing a deadline in California and other states to electrify its fleet, Uber is working with automakers to design lower-cost electric vehicles. (Wall Street Journal)
Low-traffic neighborhoods actually reduce traffic and don’t push it onto roads outside the boundaries, according to a UK study. (The Guardian)
Houston’s transit agency will vote this week on whether to rescue the city’s financially trouble BCycle bike-share system. (Houston Public Media)
Despite committing to Vision Zero, Denver’s traffic deaths are trending in the opposite direction. (Westword)
With North Carolina Republicans against letting Charlotte raise sales taxes to fund light rail, the city could either raise property taxes instead or do some horse-trading for wider freeways. (WFAE)
The Kansas City Star editorial board is opposed to the Missouri DOT spending $859 million to widen I-70, arguing that the city has enough freeway lanes already and adding more won’t help.
File under: Why are U.S. transit projects so expensive? A mere 1.3-mile segment of Caltrain’s extension into downtown San Francisco is now estimated to cost $6.7 billion. (San Jose Mercury News)
The Chicago Sun-Times editorializes in favor of cameras to keep drivers out of bike and bus lanes.
Milwaukee’s FlexRide microtransit service is expanding into the suburbs. (Urban Milwaukee)
Tampa Bay added two four-way stops and 10 crosswalks around a local high school. (CBS News)
It’s Mardi Gras time. Here’s how to get around New Orleans without a car. (Times-Picayune)