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Thursday’s Headlines Are on Candid Camera

More cities are using a proven, effective method of catching speeders — cameras — but at the same time cities are now shying away from automated red-light enforcement.

  • More cities are using cameras to catch speeders and drivers parked illegally in bike and bus lanes, but fewer are using them to catch red-light runners, possibly because of public backlash. (Smart Cities Dive)
  • Two Democratic congressmen introduced a bill to provide $205 billion for high-speed rail over five years, but it's highly unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled House. (Railway Technology)
  • Maps and apps to help riders plan and pay for transit trips are widely available in big cities. Now they're coming to rural transit systems, too. (Route Fifty)
  • Design features like bollards and rumble streets force drivers to slow down, rather than asking them to, as is too often the case. (Strong Towns)
  • Higher parking rates in Paris and higher registration fees for SUVs in Washington, D.C. show that cities can discourage these deadly, street-clogging behemoths. (Reasons to Be Cheerful)
  • Uber and Lyft's threat to pull out of Minneapolis if the city approves a minimum wage for drivers is likely an empty one, if history is any indication. (Fortune)
  • Daylighting, or clearing intersections of visual obstacles like parked cars, helped Hoboken become one of the few cities to achieve Vision Zero. (Fast Company)
  • Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek abruptly killed a proposal to toll two interstates to reduce rush-hour congestion. (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
  • Seattle Bike Blog has an interactive side-by-side comparison of the city's 2014 and 2024 bike plans.
  • Arlington County, Virginia, is considering lowering speed limits on five major roads. (ARLnow)
  • Police ticketed a Texas man for rolling his wheelchair in the road, when the road didn't have a sidewalk. (WFAA)
  • Traffic deaths are falling in Brazil as the country has embraced Complete Streets. (City Fix)
  • London unveiled a new 15-mile walking route filled with green spaces (Intelligent Transport) and completed an 86-mile express bus route encircling the suburbs (BBC).

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