Tuesday’s Headlines Need a Camera to My Eye
Reminding which lies have I been hiding — like that I was driving illegally in the bus lane or bike lane.
By
Blake Aued
12:09 AM EDT on May 28, 2024
- Bike and bus lanes are of little use unless they’re kept clear of cars, and cities are increasingly turning to automated camera enforcement to do just that. (Smart Cities Dive)
- Add a shortage of maintenance workers to the challenges facing transit agencies, which must replace more than half of them within the next decade. (Governing)
- Uber and Lyft are warning shareholders that sexual assault and harassment claims could harm their brands. (NBC New York)
- A University of California study found that rideshare drivers make an average of $7.63 an hour with tips, less than half the state’s minimum wage. (Fast Company)
- The L.A. Metro board tentatively approved a South Bay light rail extension over NIMBYs’ objections. (Los Angeles Times)
- Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s $1.45 billion transportation plan includes just 10 miles of new protected bike lanes. (The Urbanist)
- New Orleans won a $5 million grant to make the St. Charles streetcar more handicapped accessible. (WGNO)
- Salt Lake City was warned about a potentially dangerous sidewalk where an e-scooter rider crashed and died. (KSLTV)
- Work is expected to start next month on connecting the Atlanta Beltline’s popular walking and biking path to equally popular Piedmont Park. (Urbanize Atlanta)
- Bike Portland‘s editor and publisher Jonathan Maus says the St. Johns Bridge should have bike lanes, and could have if advocates had sued 20 years age.
- Marion County is making Indianapolis the first U.S. city to provide free bikeshare passes to all residents. (Momentum)
- Baltimore is looking for a new e-scooter and bikeshare vendor to join Spin now that Bird has lost its permit. (Sun)
- Akron’s Summit bikeshare is now open for the summer. (Beacon-Journal)
- West Hartford is moving fast on its Vision Zero plans. (New Haven Register)
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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