Monday’s Headlines Pedal Away
When you free yourself/ It's the chance of a lifetime
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on March 24, 2025
- More Americans are riding bikes since at least 2014, according to People for Bikes. (Momentum)
- Transportation professionals always saw through Elon Musk’s lies. (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Tesla’s self-driving tech is woefully lacking, as shown in this Kottke video.
- Blue states are pushing back against Trump administration mandates by transferring funds from roads to bike and transit projects. (Associated Press)
- Lyft robotaxis are coming to Atlanta and Dallas this summer. (The Verge)
- Anti-bike Mayor John Whitmire removed more protective barriers from Houston bike lanes (Houston Public Media). Meanwhile, a Houston state legislator proposed a bill to measure how much more protection a protected bike lane provides (KHOU).
- San Antonio council members are considering creating a new board devoted to bike and pedestrian safety. (KSAT)
- Denver commuters will have to deal with light rail “slow zones” a while longer. (Colorado Public Radio)
- The bus rapid transit Gold Line opened in Minneapolis on Saturday. (Star Tribune)
- Traffic deaths in Minneapolis dropped from 26 to 16, but remain above pre-pandemic levels. (MPR)
- Nashville joined a lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s transit funding freeze. (WPLN)
- A Portland resident devised a new way to count bikes that anyone can use. (BikePortland)
- Here’s how to get involved in the cycling community in Birmingham. (Bham Now)
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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