- Europe has the most walkable cities in the world, and North America is at the bottom, according to a new study. For example, in Zurich 99 percent of residents live within a 15-minute walk to essential services like schools and medical offices, whereas in San Antonio that figure is 2.5 percent. (The Guardian)
- Let's be honest: Prioritizing pedestrian safety means slowing down cars. You can't have it both ways. (Planetizen)
- Corporate consolidation is driving up the cost of infrastructure projects in the U.S. because it means fewer bidders. So does smaller DOTs, because they rely more heavily on consultants and contractors. (The Boondoggle)
- Bike parking is cheap and easy to install, but in many places there's not enough of it, usually because building codes don't require enough. (Velo)
- Car loans are now the second-largest form of debt for Americans behind mortages, surpassing student loans. (Jalopnik)
- On the 50th anniversary of its publication, Slate argues that Robert Caro leans too heavily on the great-man theory of history in "The Power Broker," his biography of New York City transportation czar Robert Moses.
- Twelve states — Idaho, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming — have yet to even accept bids to build fast electric vehicle chargers using federal funds. (Route Fifty)
- The Chicago Reader explains a proposal to merge the city's three transit agencies and raise funding by $1.5 billion.
- Labor advocates are suing Los Angeles over a $730 million contract to buy new subway cars, which could sidetrack plans to expand transit for the 2028 Olympics. (L.A. Times)
- Opponents of widening I-275 in Tampa are gearing up for another fight after Hillsborough County moved the project up its priority list. (Tampa Bay Times)
- The Nashville mayor's office released an interactive map of hundreds of sidewalks, bike lanes and bus routes that would be funded by a $3.1 billion transportation referendum. (Axios)
- The Seattle suburb of Renton is looking to transform acres of parking lots and big-box stores into walkable neighborhoods around a planned bus rapid transit station. (The Urbanist)
- Starting next week, the Kansas City streetcar will shut down for a month due to construction work on an extension. (Star)
- A community group called Bike Denver mapped out 500 miles of low-stress bike routes in the Mile High City. (North Star)
Today's Headlines
Thursday’s Headlines Are Trying to Walk Here
Forget 15-minute cites; some American communities aren't even 45-minute cities, a new comparison of walkable places from around the world finds. Learn more in headlines.
By Blake Aued
Atlanta: not walkable.
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