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Cities all over the U.S. are getting rid of minimum parking requirements, and it's kind of surprising that New York isn't yet one of them.

By Blake Aued

1:09 AM EDT on October 22, 2024

Jose Espinal

As New York City considers lifting its minimum parking requirements for residential development, the Times looks at how such often-arbitrary regulations add to the cost of housing, and how such measures draw resistance even in cities with good transit.
Blind passengers say too many Uber and Lyft drivers are illegally turning them away because of their service dogs. (Wired)
A deal on transit funding appears unlikely as Pennsylvania’s legislative session comes to a close. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Constrution bids for the second phase of Pittsburgh’s bus rapid transit system came in $20 million under budget. (Union Progress)
Austin is exploring funding options for connecting its future light rail line to the airport. (KXAN)
While the West Seattle Link light rail project moves forward, the Ballard Link is stuck in limbo. (The Urbanist)
The Columbus Dispatch urges voters to support a sales tax levy for BRT, trails and sidewalks on the Ohio city’s November ballot.
Cars are not supposed to be on Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Branch Trail, but that isn’t stopping drivers from using it as a shortcut. (DC News Now)
Two drivers were arrested and charged with killing two pedestrians in separate incidents in Nashville over the weekend. (WSMV)
A Las Vegas suburb is installing traffic calming measures to stop speeders on residential streets. (Fox 5)
Folks keep throwing bikeshare e-bikes into Lake Michigan for … reasons, we guess. (Ride Apart)

Blake Aued

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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