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Friday’s Headlines Are Kicked to the Curb

Author Henry Grabar makes a comprehensive case for parking reform, including smart curbside pricing to keep workers from parking on the street all day.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EST on February 2, 2024

Friday’s Headlines Are Kicked to the Curb

Maria Orlova

Cities that properly price curbside parking and get rid of minimum parking mandates will see a major impact on traffic congestion, housing costs, flooding and climate change, writes author Henry Grabar. (Yale Environment 360)
Autoblog debunks the Stellantis CEO’s claim that electric vehicles’ quick acceleration is actually a safety feature. On top of that, EVs are so heavy that they can easily crash through highway guardrails (Associated Press).
In a similar vein, Transport & Environment dismantled The Economist’s argument that the car-centric design of American cities makes them more accessible than Europe’s.
Electric bus manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand fueled by federal infrastructure funding. (GreenBiz)
Better street drainage would reduce the need for environmentally harmful winter salt applications on roads and sidewalks. (Minnesota Public Radio)
New Jersey transit riders are not buying Gov. Phil Murphy’s explanation that recent reliability improvements justify a fare hike. (New York Times)
Hoboken just completed its seventh year without a traffic death. (CBS News)
Iowa legislators are trying to ban automated enforcement cameras by pairing that measure with a ban on handheld cell phone use in the same bill. (KCRG)
Michigan lawmakers have formed the first-ever transit caucus to push for regional transit around Detroit. (Bridge Detroit). One of its members is Mallory McMorrow, a nationally known state senator (Free Press)
Milwaukee is planning almost 50 bike and traffic-calming projects in 2024. (Journal-Sentinel)
New York state is turning a suburban mall near Buffalo into a transit-oriented downtown. (CNU Public Square)
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval unveiled a plan to allow denser housing near transit and relax parking requirements for new developments. (WVXU, WCPO)
Louisville is making changes to improve reliability on its four most popular bus routes. (WLKY)
Has Seattle’s Sound Transit just given up on reliable bus service? (The Stranger)
The former CEO of much-loathed Ticketmaster is leading the NIMBY charge against a new Los Angeles Metro line. (Hollywood Reporter)
If you order a Lyft in Philadelphia, Jesus really might take the wheel. (Fox 29)

Blake Aued

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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