Tuesday’s Headlines Join Forces

One publication suggests advocates for traffic safety and criminal justice reform should team up to demand better-designed streets instead of more traffic enforcement.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EST on December 19, 2023

One publication suggests advocates for traffic safety and criminal justice reform should team up to demand better-designed streets instead of more traffic enforcement.

|Donald Tong

Criminal justice reform advocates should be joining with transportation safety advocates to demand safely designed streets as an alternative to more traffic enforcement. (Convergence)
Automakers are trying to talk the Biden administration into slowing down the transition from gas to electric vehicles. (Reuters)
GM driverless car subsidiary Cruise is laying off 900 people, a quarter of its workforce, in the wake of getting kicked out of California over safety problems. (Tech Crunch)
Americans made an average of more than three trips per day in 2017, but in 2022 that was down to a little over two, which former Streetsblog editor Angie Schmitt notes on her Substack Unpopular Opinions is a huge difference in both good ways (less driving) and bad (less walking).
A viral photo of a knocked-over bike lane sign is another reminder that, for cyclists, paint isn't protection. (The Cooldown)
The controversial I-5 bridge replacement project between Washington and Oregon received a $600 million federal grant, bringing the total funding to $4 billion for the $6 billion project. (The Columbian)
A lawsuit seeking to halt construction on Interstate 11 in Arizona alleges that the project will destroy the habitat of a pygmy owl species. (Salon)
Los Angeles NIMBYs are fighting to stop an extension of the light rail C Line. (CBS News)
New management for Detroit's streetcar could lay the groundwork for expanding the QLINE. (Bridge Detroit)
Philadelphia transit police have reached a tentative agreement to end a three-day strike. (Inquirer)
Massachusetts communities will receive a combined $100 million for active transportation infrastructure through a new tax on millionaires. (MassLive)
Portland will ask voters to renew a 10-cent gas tax next May. (The Oregonian)
Here's what it's like to ditch your car and commute by e-bike. (Electrek)