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Friday’s Headlines Are Fitter and Happier

That's what happens when you live in a walkable neighborhood, psychologists say.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on April 28, 2023

Friday’s Headlines Are Fitter and Happier

Highlighting the need for rural intercity transit, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, says he’ll block all of President Biden’s nominees to the Amtrak board until the board has representation from Western states. (The Hill)
Historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom’s new book describes the collapse of American transit. (City Lab)
Living in a walkable neighborhood makes people healthier and happier. (Psychology Today)
Electric buses sound great, but don’t forget all the planning that’s required to make them work. (Transit Center)
Uber and Lyft are major contributors to San Francisco pollution and congestion. (Mission Local)
Chicago’s Greyhound station, the only intercity bus station left in town, has been put up for sale. (Smart Cities Dive)
Two new rapid bus lines in South Atlanta are scheduled to begin construction this year. (AJC)
A new Milwaukee plan calls for turning I-794 into an at-grade street. (Journal-Sentinel)
The Oregon legislature passed a bill allowing cities to use cameras to catch speeding drivers. (Bend Bulletin)
Lime e-bikes are coming to St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay Times)
It could take decades to complete, but metro Atlanta officials broke ground on a 100-mile Chattahoochee River trail. (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
Colorado cities are introducing bikeshares specifically meant for mountains. (Bicycling)
Here’s how the Dutch built massive bike parking garages next to transit. (City Lab)

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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