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Thursday’s Headlines Clear Their Congestion

We know building more lanes doesn't work, so congestion pricing looks like the best way to actually reduce traffic.

Jim Henderson|

Congestion pricing cameras on 9th Avenue in Manhattan.

  • Traffic keeps getting worse despite the billions spent on widening roads. Congestion pricing is the only way out, according to the State Smart Transportation Initiative.
  • Autonomous vehicles don't have enough data to be able to predict the movements of blind pedestrians. (Maryland Today)
  • Robotaxi company Cruise is laying off half its workforce after GM decided to stop funding it. (The Verge)
  • Many 15-minute neighborhoods are unaffordable for most people because they're in high demand, and we haven't built enough of them. (The Future of Where)
  • Rents aren't obscenely high at the car-free development Culdesac Tempe, and apartments come with free e-bikes and transit passes. (Dwell)
  • Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey isn't a fan of the U.S. DOT's new policy giving preference to communities with high birth rates (Boston Globe). The memo from Secretary Sean Duffy also has Chicago transit officials worried (Sun-Times).
  • Democrats support Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's plan to boost transit funding, but Republican's don't want to spend from the state's rainy day fund. (Capital-Star)
  • Ohio contributes just $7 million a year to its 61 local transit agencies — far less than other Midwestern states. (Policy Matters)
  • Denver's Regional Transportation District won a lawsuit filed by a contractor that was seeking over $100 million. (Colorado Public Radio)
  • Suburban Plano has declared war on Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and now it's getting the Texas legislature involved. (D Magazine)
  • After a restructuring, the California High-Speed Rail Authority plans to have trains running within five to eight years. (Government Technology)
  • Charleston is about to finalize the design for South Carolina's first bus rapid transit project. (City Paper)
  • A Charlotte Observer columnist has ideas for getting Republican buy-in on transit expansion.
  • A hundred fewer people died on Wales roads last year after the government lowered urban speed limits to 20 miles per hour. (BBC)
  • Vancouver Redditors are irate about trucks parking in bike lanes to unload. (The Cool Down)

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