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Friday’s Headlines Follow That Robocab!

Wired writes about a day in the life a self-driving Waymo taxi, and more in today's headlines.

12:20 AM EST on November 22, 2024

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  • Wired's San Francisco staff piled into a human-driven taxi and followed around a Waymo robocar for a sprawling story about the history and future implications of self-driving vehicles.
  • The public views change as risky, which is why it's hard to get buy-in for new bike lanes, new technology like autonomous vehicles or new policies like congestion pricing. (The Transportist)
  • Cities account for 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and don't need the national government to act. (The City Fix)
  • Denver's East Colfax bus rapid transit project isn't just some red paint on the road — it will make the corridor more pleasant for everyone. (Denver Urbanism)
  • Community engagement and peer review are the reasons why Detroit's effort to remove I-375 was successful. (Kresge Foundation)
  • Arch Daily delved into the history of Harbor Drive and how Portland converted the freeway into a waterfront park.
  • SEPTA and the Philadelphia transit union have agreed on a new contract, averting a strike. (NBC 10)
  • Orlando's SunRail is expanding to connect to popular tourist destinations. (Hoodline)
  • Honolulu light rail supporters are worried that the Trump administration won't pony up a promised $600 million to finish the project. (Civil Beat)
  • Syracuse has completed just 10 of the 88 bike projects in its 2012 master plan. (Post-Standard)
  • San Francisco is replacing a controversial center bike lane on Valencia Street with a more conventional version. (Examiner)
  • Washington state has a significant shortage of daycares due to onerous minimum parking requirements. (Sightline)
  • A Washington Post columnist who slammed bike lanes as something for just a handful of white people apparently forgot his own paper's reporting on the surge in Capital Bikeshare usage.
  • Bike Portland publisher Jonathan Maus used data from the NE 102nd Street road diet to refute Marc Fisher's WaPo column.
  • Keeping New Orleans' 200-year-old streetcars running is a dying art. (Times-Picayune)
  • Llamas, couches, grills and even guns are among the weirdest things Momentum readers have seen blocking bike lanes.

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