Tuesday’s Headlines Are Not Joking
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on June 13, 2023
- The massive growth in global transit is coming almost entirely from China, with a little in other Asian nations and Europe, but hardly any in the U.S. (The Transport Politic)
- Amtrak has applied for $7.3 billion from the Federal Railroad Administration for the busy Northeast Corridor and another $700 million to improve intercity service nationwide. (Mass Transit Mag)
- Republicans are pushing to delay Amtrak passenger trains by making them wait for freight haulers. (Bloomberg)
- About 10 percent of cities’ rush-hour traffic comes from drivers looking for parking, according to a Federal Highway Administration study. And no, that’s not an argument for more parking — it’s an argument to charge more for parking. (Parking Reform Network)
- If you can make the long walk to get your groceries from the back aisle of the big-box store to your car, you can get them from your car to your apartment a block or two away instead of lobbying for a closer parking space — and in an ideal world, zoning would allow you to get them from the corner store to home. (The Urbanist)
- The D.C. Metro’s ridership is rising, but not enough to forestall a 2024 budget gap, so the agency is making plans to lobby local and regional officials for help. (Washington Post)
- Helping transit agencies survive without slashing service is a tough sell in car-friendly California. (Christian Science Monitor)
- San Francisco restaurants will be hit hard if Bay Area transit falls off a fiscal cliff. (Examiner)
- Colorado is devoting $6.6 million to rebates for e-bike buyers. (Colorado Public Radio)
- Milwaukee is applying for grants to extend the Powerline Trail in two directions. (Urban Milwaukee)
- Once known as Running Back U, the Georgia Bulldogs football team is now Reckless Driving U. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- If Florida Panthers hockey fans are mad about $100 parking, maybe they should demand a better transit system. (NBC Miami)
- Jarrett Walker at Human Transit breaks down the new Madison, Wisconsin bus system he helped design.
- The most bikeable office building in the world is in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Fast Company)
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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