Wednesday’s Headlines Have a Complete Vision
Pedestrian deaths soared by 77 percent between 2010 and 2021. Is the Biden administration taking it seriously?
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EST on November 8, 2023
- In part 3 in a series on pedestrian safety, Smart Cities Dive writes about how the federal government is finally investing big bucks in Complete Streets and Vision Zero.
- Automakers are delaying spending on new EV models and factories as sales have been slower than expected. (New York Times)
- Transit agencies’ desire for customized buses is driving up costs and slowing down delivery, according to an Eno Center for Transportation analysis.
- Cars collect lots of data about their drivers — from their weight to their taste in music — making them a major cybersecurity threat. (SC Magazine)
- Baltimore County’s first combined bike and pedestrian master plan calls for hundreds of miles of complete streets, bike lanes and shared-use paths. (Fox Baltimore)
- Connecting Dallas’ two streetcar lines could dramatically improve ridership. (Spectrum Local News)
- Denver’s transit agency is installing an Automatic Train Stop system at a sharp curve that’s been the site of two derailments. (Trains)
- Texas is routing hundreds of millions of federal dollars meant to reduce carbon emissions into road-widening projects on the dubious grounds that they’ll reduce congestion. (Tribune)
- The Seattle city council is considering charging a transportation impact fee on new developments, although even some mobility advocates are worried it will drive up housing costs. (PubliCola)
- Here’s how to use Milwaukee’s new advisory bike lanes. (WISN)
- British activists are literally taking the air out of the tires of the American — now cross-Atlantic — movement toward gigantic SUVs. (The Guardian)
- Spain has joined France in banning short-haul flights could that easily be taken by rail, but unfortunately both are riddled with loopholes. (Politico)
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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