Thursday’s Headlines Aren’t Totally Clean
Cleaning up the app taxi sector is going to take a lot more than just a battery.
By
Blake Aued
12:19 AM EDT on June 15, 2023
- Large trucks kill about 5,000 people a year, yet lobbyists for the trucking industry have been successful in convincing federal regulators to forget about simple and cheap regulations that could save hundreds of lives. (ProPublica)
- Infrastructure spending alone won’t get us to Vision Zero as long as the focus is on people inside of cars instead of outside them. (Smart Cities Dive)
- Uber and Lyft have pledged that their drivers’ fleets will go all-electric, but that will only lead to a small drop in emissions. (Futurity)
- A National Labor Relations Board ruling will make it easier for Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. (Washington Post)
- Oh hey, guess what? Turns out people who use bikeshares do tend to turn into regular bike riders. (Bicycling)
- Every time a freeway like I-95 in Philadelphia collapses, pundits predict a carmageddon. And every time, it doesn’t happen. (City Observatory via Streetsblog USA)
- Arizona Republicans’ counter to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ transportation tax proposal involves splitting into two votes, between roads and transit. Good luck with that. (KJZZ)
- Pittsburgh won a $150 million federal grant for a bus rapid transit line. (CBS News)
- Two new Los Angeles Metro lines open this Friday, and rides on all L.A. Metro lines are free this weekend to celebrate. (The Source)
- Baltimore has long suffered from lack of investment in transit, and now is an opportunity to change that. (Sun)
- This Kalamazoo street design forces drivers to play chicken until one dodges into a bike lane. (Jalopnik)
- Washington, D.C. drivers will soon face fines of up to $200 if they’re caught on camera blocking bus lanes. (WTOP)
- A parking dispute led to a shooting in Maryland that killed three people and injured three others. (The Hill)
- Alert NY Times Pitchbot: Eisenhower didn’t invade Normandy on a bike, so why would the actor who plays him Off-Broadway ride one? (New York Times)
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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