Today's Headlines

Monday’s Headlines Are Data-Driven

Does your city know where fatal crashes are actually happening? Plus, Pete Buttigieg revisits rail safety one year after East Palestine.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EST on February 19, 2024

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Identifying high-injury networks can help cities put their Vision Zero dollars to work on the most dangerous streets and intersections. (Strong Towns)
A year after the East Palestine toxic chemical spill, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is still urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan Railway Safety Act. (PBS)
A longtime top city planner writes that his profession has gotten away from designing cities for people in harmony with nature. (Scientific American)
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell announced that the city will move forward with a transit referendum this November. (Tennessean)
In an effort to convince Republican state legislators to let them hold a tax referendum, Charlotte officials are taking a “roads first” approach to transportation and putting transit projects aside. (WFAE)
The Cleveland Scene has a long story about how the Ohio city became so dependent on parking.
The Brightline West rail line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas could transform the communities along the route with opportunities for transit-oriented development. (California Planning & Development Report)
Midtown Kansas City residents worry an influx of money and new residents from a streetcar extension will displace them. (Flatland)
Denver is tweaking a fee that funds sidewalk maintenance to take pressure off low-income homeowners and those with corner lots. (Denverite)
Members of the Los Angeles transit workers’ union are fighting Lyft’s effort to take over the municipal bikeshare service. (Jacobin)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Gridlock Guy defends the use of cameras to catch speeders in school zones.
Residents have started moving into a car-free development in Tempe. (The Cool Down)
The first part of Seattle’s East Link light rail line will start running in April. (KING 5)
Fed Ex is replacing diesel delivery vans in London with pedal-assist cargo bikes. (Smart Cities World)

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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