- Denver's e-bike rebate program is extremely popular and a model for the rest of the nation. And it did bring in new riders who would not otherwise be commuting by bike — but it also somewhat papered over the city's lack of safe bike routes. (CityLab)
- Transportation is just one of the climate change-related policy areas at stake in the presidential election. (Grist)
- Transportation for America's plan to capitalize on quick-build projects: focus on the most dangerous areas, test cheap designs and build public trust for more permanent changes.
- UK groups urged the new Labour government to invest 10 percent of the overall transportation budget — about $3.2 billion — in walking and biking, which they said would yield $49 billion in economic returns. (Forbes)
- The Federal Transit Administration issued new rules protecting workers on railroad tracks. (Progressive Railroading)
- A Tesla on "autopilot" ran over a deer without even slowing down. (Jalopnik)
- More than a third of D.C. residents don't drive, but Greater Greater Washington recently discovered during a week without driving that nearly all of D.C.'s streets prioritize cars.
- New Jersey Transit unveiled new double-decker train cars, the first of their kind in the U.S. (NBC Philadelphia)
- With state grant money running out, Tampa Bay's transit agency is considering reinstating fares on popular downtown streetcars. (WFLA)
- A new design for a Denver transit hub would make it easier for drivers to get there but harder to walk. (Denverite)
- Atlanta is investing $120 million in downtown infrastructure an investment disabled residents want to see extended to broken sidewalks in other neighborhoods. (AJC)
- A Cobb County resident makes the case for the growing Atlanta suburb to embrace transit. (Saporta Report)
- Charlotte Joy Rides is shutting down after 12 years to make way for a new bikeshare. (Charlotte Post)
- Instead of the divisive Scajaquada Freeway, Buffalo residents could have an Olmstead-style parkway instead. (CNU Public Square)
- Fort Worth is falling behind on transit and needs to catch up if it wants to be something besides just a suburb of Dallas (Fort Worth Magazine). As an aside, the head of the local transit board is named Jeff Davis but was born in Greenland?!?
- A leaky fire hydrant that Brooklyn residents turned into a sidewalk aquarium could become a community garden. (New York Daily News)
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