Friday’s Headlines Are E-Biking Away
Want to help the planet? Replace your second car with an e-bike.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on October 20, 2023
- The Washington Post “climate coach” is encouraging Americans to replace their second cars with e-bikes.
- Jada Pinkett Smith says her ex-boyfriend Tupac Shakur developed alopecia after being violently arrested for jaywalking in Oakland in 1991. (People)
- The U.S. Department of Justice is suing eBay for selling illegal “rolling coal” devices that allow climate change deniers to modify their trucks to spew more pollution. Fines could reach $2 billion. (CNBC)
- The average sticker price for a new electric vehicle has fallen $15,000 in the past year, making them competitive with their gas-powered counterparts. (Money)
- File under: Philadelphia has too much parking. Lots for the South Philadelphia Sports Complex filled up for the first time ever on a day that included a Flyers game, a Phillies playoff game and an international soccer game. (CBS News)
- A Seattle Times analysis of ridership by bus stop confirms the conventional wisdom that riders who depend on transit kept using it during the pandemic, while choice riders fell off.
- A new report says Massachusetts ride-hailing drivers who are attempting to unionize, make on average less than the state’s $15 minimum wage. (Boston Herald)
- Errors in collecting car tab fees and parking revenue has cost the Seattle DOT millions of dollars in revenue. (The Urbanist)
- The family of a California police chief killed while riding his bike is speaking out against careless, entitled drivers. (ABC News)
- A Florida police officer was charged with false imprisonment and sexual battery of a tourist he picked up for jaywalking. (USA Today)
- Cincinnati’s streetcar is the latest to hit an all-time ridership high. (WCPO)
- Buffalo’s Reddy Bikeshare is adding e-bikes and increasing its fleet from 400 to 600. (News)
- Athens, Georgia transportation officials want to balance major bike and pedestrian projects with cheaper ones they can build quickly. (Flagpole)
- Guerilla artwork helped El Paso’s streetcar get back on track. (Next City)
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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