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Tuesday’s Headlines Will Never Take Your Freedom

What's really more freeing? Being able to walk wherever you need to go, or being able to hop in a car and sit in traffic?

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on April 25, 2023

Tuesday’s Headlines Will Never Take Your Freedom

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Cars symbolize freedom in American culture, but despite the conspiracy theories around 15-minute cities, what’s really freeing is being able to quickly walk or bike to wherever you need to be instead of wasting hours stuck in traffic. (The New Republic)
Environmentalism has historically meant opposing development, but now it’s time for the green movement to embrace YIMBYism, writes climate change activist Bill McKibben. (Mother Jones)
Harper’s excerpted part of friend of Streetsblog Henry Grabar’s new book “Paved Paradise,” about how parking literally drives Americans insane.
An e-bike skeptic has seen the light. (Digital Trends)
Poorly paid delivery drivers have to deal with assaults and harassment, and often can’t even find a place to use the restroom. (City Lab)
A new U.S. DOT program will help communities apply for transportation and land-use grants. (Governing)
Nevada’s Republican lieutenant governor is right that carpool lanes don’t work, but for the wrong reasons. (Independent)
Portland won a $2 million federal grant for emissions-free delivery zones. (Bike Portland)
Has anyone really vetted Atlanta’s decision to spend $230 million on the Beltline streetcar extension over other projects in the city’s transit pipeline? (AJC)
The Los Angeles Times editorial board urges Culver City not to abandon its ambitious street safety program.
Arnold Schwarzenegger thought he had terminated this L.A. pothole before it could become a danger to cyclists. (Momentum Mag) Unfortunately, it was actually a utility trench. (NPR)
Tokyo has done more than any other city to get people out of cars. (Heat Map)

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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