- Unlike humans, no testing or license is required for AI to drive a car, even though autonomous vehicles are blocking emergency responders, causing crashes and even killing people. (New York Times)
- Minimum parking requirements incentivize driving, which in turn makes climate change worse. (CNU Public Square)
- Climate change is making it harder to grow hops (Washington Post), so we all have a choice: Keep driving or keep drinking IPAs.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill allowing people to ride bikes on the sidewalk where there are no bike lanes, forcing them onto dangerous roads. (Cal Bikes)
- A pilot project in Los Angeles is offering 1,000 low-income residents $150 a month to spend on mobility options like transit, ride-hailing or bikeshares. (Government Technology)
- Residents love a new car-free community near Phoenix. (The Guardian)
- Greensboro, North Carolina is looking towards a future where cars are optional. (Human Transit)
- If and when Austin ends car parking mandates, it could also start requiring bike parking. (Monitor)
- Portland is removing two lanes from a four-lane road near a school because 80 percent of drivers are speeding. (Bike Portland)
- Drivers hit two Ann Arbor cyclists in two separate crashes at the same intersection on the same day. (MLive)
- Richmond residents are growing increasingly concerned about bike and pedestrian safety, but the city is just now starting to address the issue. (Commonwealth Times)
- Arkansas nonprofits are offering small-town leaders scholarships to a training program on biking and how to promote it. (Axios)
- Seattle has a cute little electric street-sweeper to keep bike lanes clean. (Electrek)
Today's Headlines
Friday’s Headlines Have a License to Kill
Neither the federal nor state governments is doing much of anything to license or regulate AI-driven cars, or are even sure whose job it is, according to the New York Times.
By Blake Aued
Read More:
Stay in touch
Sign up for our free newsletter
More from Streetsblog USA
New Camera Tech Hopes to Stop Drivers From Close-Passing Cyclists
If only policymakers could fully experience the pervasive problem of drivers passing too closely to cyclists perhaps they'd find a way to stop the deadly practice and get victims justice.
December 11, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines Are Staying Put
Cities like Atlanta, Denver and Minneapolis provide blueprints for how transit can improve neighborhoods without pushing people out.
December 11, 2024
Op-Ed: NYC E-Bike Registration Bill Is Impossible to Enforce, Unnecessary … and Won’t Even Work
It sounds common-sense: register electric bikes just like cars. But there are so many flaws to this Council bill.
Do Tuesday’s Headlines Live in a 15-Minute City?
Find out how long it takes to walk to stores, restaurants and transit stops in your neighborhood with this Washington Post widget.
December 10, 2024
‘Trojan Horse’: NYC’s E-Bike Licensing Bill Would Fuel Anti-Immigrant Policing
Council members fail to address the e-bike registration bill's potential harmful outcomes.
