Tuesday’s Headlines Take Me Home, Country Roads
Getting around without a car in a small town isn't easy, as one Fast Company writer found out. More bike lanes and denser town centers would help.
By
Blake Aued
12:42 AM EST on January 21, 2025
- A Bay Area transplant moved to a village in upstate New York and was only able to last two weeks without a car. (Fast Company)
- Hundreds of transit agencies are working to improve safety after assaults on transit employees more than tripled over the past decade. (Railway Age)
- Austin’s mayor pro tem, representing the National League of Cities, testified before the House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee about the need to extend the bipartisan infrastructure law. (KXAN)
- Colorado ranks first among states in rural bus ridership. (Denver Post)
- A new bridge over the American River in Sacramento will carry light rail, cyclists and pedestrians, but maybe not cars. (Bee)
- The Free Press delves into Oklahoma City’s proposed Vision Zero plan, scheduled for a key vote this week.
- A Complete Streets advisory committee wants more data on crashes in Baton Rouge, which has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the country. (The Advocate)
- Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee failed to address a $32 million transit funding deficit in his proposed 2026 budget. (Current)
- A Portland Press-Herald op-ed calls for bringing Vision Zero to Maine.
- Bird is not returning to Burlington this spring, leading to questions about whether the city is too small to support a bikeshare. (Free Press)
- Myrtle Beach residents are wondering why their new bike lanes are painted bright green. The answer is to improve visibility. (The Sun News)
- It now appears the killjoys at Valley Metro helped defrock the Phoenix No Pants Light Rail Ride. (New Times)
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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