Thursday’s Headlines Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Why drill for minerals on the deep-sea floor when they're already in totaled vehicles that are getting harder and harder to repair or recycle?

By Blake Aued

12:05 AM EDT on June 20, 2024

Luis Quintero

A Frontier Group report suggests that environmentally damaging deep-sea mining to acquire the valuable minerals needed to build electric car batteries wouldn't be necessary if we recycled what we've already extracted.
Cars should be designed to be easily disassembled and repaired or recycled, writes industrial design professor Lloyd Alter, but instead they're becoming almost impossible to fix. (Carbon Upfront)
Right now the climate needs society to decarbonize quickly, and one way to do it is emulate Amazon: Make transit cheap, easy and good. (Next City)
Cities have a lot of pressing infrastructure needs, so they should consider cheaper bus rapid transit as an alternative to light rail. (Governing)
A debate about fixed-route transit versus microtransit or transit on demand dominated a recent House subcommittee hearing. (Smart Cities Dive)
An Uber driver's new book says he made as little as $80 a week driving for the ride-hailing app. (CNBC)
The Guardian goes inside the L.A. Metro's ambassador program helping riders who are dealing with homelessness, addiction and/or mental health challenges.
A Bay Area task force is seeking to simplify fares and transfers among the region's many transit agencies. (CBS News)
A San Francisco Standard contributor calls for demolishing the Central Freeway.
Are pro-car Mayor John Whitmire's fingerprints all over the Houston Metro's decision to kill the University BRT line? (Houston Landing)
Whitmire is skeptical of a safety project on 11th Street, but a city report obtained by Axios says it's been successful.
Nashville is one of the unhealthiest cities in the U.S., and its car-centric transportation infrastructure has a lot to do with that. (Forbes)
Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA is going to start charging for parking at commuter rail stations again. (Metro Philadelphia)
State regulators blame the Denver Regional Transportation District for failing to address maintenance issues that have led to light rail slowdowns. (Colorado Public Radio)
Momentum Mag lists its favorite urban biking gear for summer.