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"Direct vision" trucks would save lives of solid waste workers and those in other industries.

Photo courtesy Together for Safer Roads. |

By incorporating Direct Vision standards, this garbage truck looks a lot like a city bus — and could have a similar safety track record.

  • Truck manufacturers and waste industry groups are pushing for garbage trucks with better visibility. More than a third of collection workers' deaths are transportation-related. (Smart Cities Dive)
  • President Trump wants to "drill, baby, drill," but ironically, his tariff policies are discouraging more drilling by driving down oil prices. (New York Times)
  • While Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in Utah that he supports commuter rail, he would not commit to supporting federal funding for Salt Lake City's FrontRunner project. (KSL)
  • A key Illinois lawmaker has seven conditions for advancing a bill to address Chicago transit agencies' looming $730 million deficit, including a universal fare system, getting rid of homeless people sleeping on trains and ending work-from-home policies. (Politico)
  • Texas lawmakers are once again trying to block a Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail line. (Houston Press)
  • A California bill would let Uber and Lyft drivers collectively bargain, even as they remain classified as independent contractors. (KQED)
  • Colorado's Regional Transportation District has been tight-lipped about 2024's seven train derailments, but a new state law would force the agency to make investigations public. (Denver Post)
  • The Las Vegas Regional Transportation Commission is expanding its bikeshare program in conjunction with the Maryland Parkway bus rapid transit project. (Review-Journal)
  • A Connecticut bill would stop communities from requiring parking that no one uses or wants to build. (Mirror)
  • Philadelphia will start fining people caught blocking bus lanes by AI cameras on May 7. (WHYY)
  • A bill in the Washington state legislature would make it easier for cities to create slow streets. (The Urbanist)
  • It's happening! Greater Greater Washington's photos prove that Maryland's long-awaited Purple Line really is three-quarters complete.

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