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Tuesday’s Headlines Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

How can transit agencies get back on solid financial footing? Transit Center compiled a list of ideas.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on April 11, 2023

Tuesday’s Headlines Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

Photo: Antonio Lowry Edward, CC

A tax on millionaires, congestion pricing, fuel taxes and rideshare fees are some of the ideas cities and states have come up for preventing transit agencies from going over a fiscal cliff. (Transit Center)
Tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks account for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. States could be using federal infrastructure funds to lower that number, but instead most are building more roads. (Clean Technica)
The Biden administration’s proposed stricter EPA pollution rules are designed to ensure that most cars sold in the U.S. are electric by 2032. (New York Times)
GM is recalling 300 of its self-driving Cruise vehicles after one collided with a bus in San Francisco. (Detroit Free Press)
Biking in Portland is on the decline because it’s perceived as too white and too dangerous, and driving is still too easy, among many other reasons. (Bike Portland)
Connecticut should pass a Vision Zero bill because drivers killed 385 people there last year, including 65 cyclists and pedestrians. (Mirror)
Protected bike lanes will be added to many Washington state highway projects after the legislature passed a complete streets law. (The Urbanist)
Texas lawmakers are looking to pull the plug on Austin’s Project Connect transit expansion as estimated costs rise. (American-Statesman)
Residents of a primarily Latino neighborhood say the Houston Metro hasn’t reached out to them about a proposed bus rapid transit project. (KHOU)
The Omaha Metro is expanding into a regional transit authority. (World-Herald)
Durham is considering funding protected bike lanes after a driver killed the city budget director. (WRAL)
Cycling champion Ethan Boyd was hit and killed by a driver while riding his bike in a San Francisco park. (NBC News)
When someone abandoned an SUV in a Chicago bike lane for days, residents knew what to do. (CBS News)

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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