Wednesday’s Headlines Are Fireworks-ed Out
Celebrate the Biden administration's efforts to reduce transportation emissions, or celebrate America's birthday by filling up your tank at the world's largest gas station.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on July 5, 2023
- The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $6.4 billion Carbon Reduction Program will focus on reducing emissions from transportation — if state governments play ball. (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- Shared mobility and working from home have led to a whole lot of unused parking. So what should communities do with it? (Route Fifty)
- Minneapolis is the best big city for biking, followed by San Francisco and Seattle, while Davis, California, tops the list for medium-sized cities and Provincetown, Massachusetts for small ones, according to a PeopleForBikes report. (Smart Cities Dive)
- Oregon cities are quickly moving to get rid of minimum parking mandates under a new state law. (Sightline)
- The Twin Cities’ Met Council added hundreds of millions to the cost of the Southwest Line light rail project by failing to enforce construction contracts. (Minnesota Reformer)
- The new TikTok trend in New York City is “subway surfing,” and yes, it’s as dangerous as it sounds. (Slate)
- A pedestrian bridge connecting two Charlotte neighborhoods has been delayed until 2027. (Axios)
- Cincinnati’s regional planning agency OKI passed the $115 million mark for spending on bike trails. (Northern Kentucky Tribune)
- Greyhound has moved its Philadelphia terminal to a small office space with no restroom and no indoor waiting area. (KYW)
- Milwaukee has four options for a streetcar extension. (Urban Milwaukee)
- New Orleans is a notoriously dangerous city for biking, which is why bikeshare Blue Bikes and advocacy group Easy Bike are giving away helmets. (Times-Picayune)
- Colorado Public Radio offers tips on how to start biking, especially for those who’ve felt excluded.
- America: Land of the free, home of the world’s largest gas station. (The Drive)
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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