Wednesday’s Headlines Get Political
In today's headlines, the vice presidential debate tackles housing, and more on how Project 2025 would kill federal transit funding and safety regulations.
By
Blake Aued
1:24 AM EDT on October 2, 2024
- Tim Walz and JD Vance sparred over housing policy during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. (CBS News)
- Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for eliminating transit funding, spending more on highways, banning Vision Zero from federal policy and loosening fuel efficiency standards. (Planetizen)
- Transit agencies large and small are facing service cuts if they can’t find new revenue sources to replace federal pandemic funding. (Marketplace)
- A new book argues that city centers go into “doom loops” when they emphasize offices over residential and recreational space. (CNU Public Square)
- Children, the elderly, people who can’t afford a car — nondrivers of the world, unite! (The Urbanist)
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill requiring speed-limiting equipment in new cars. (Los Angeles Times)
- Transit funding is a high priority as the Pennsylvania House of Representatives reconvenes this week. (Philadelphia Tribune)
- Emergency funding for the Memphis Area Transit Authority is unlikely, but the city council could consider a dedicated funding source by the end of the year. (MLK50)
- Metro Transit’s controversial police chief quietly left his post in the midst of an investigation. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- The head of Massachusetts’ highway department talks about why it has the lowest rate of traffic deaths in the country. (Governing)
- New Orleans is taking steps to make the city more walkable in preparation for hosting the Super Bowl. (Fast Company)
- The D.C. city council is investigating ride-hailing service Empower. (Washington Post)
- Colorado’s Regional Transportation District has made some service changes intended to reduce delays. (CBS News)
- Ontario is considering building a tunnel that would add even more lanes to the widest freeway in North America. (Jalopnik)
- Traffic deaths in London are down 30 percent over the past decade. (Traffic Technology Today)
- Sixty years ago, Japan’s first bullet trains left the station, and the shinkansen remains a shining example of how to run a passenger rail system. (The Guardian)
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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