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Monday’s Headlines Keep Us Divided

Physically divided — remember the Biden administration's efforts, insufficient as they were, to reconnect communities divided by Urban Renewal highways? Republicans are trying to get rid of all that.

This is the future conservatives want.

|The Advocate via CNU
  • House Republicans are looking to cut $3 billion in funds the Biden administration set aside to reconnect communities divided by urban highways. (Transportation for America, Streetsblog USA)
  • From bus rapid transit replacing to streetcar lines to privately owned commuter rail, the New York Times declared that's what old is new again.
  • Lyft is starting a new, simplified service for elderly people who may not need to be driving. (Engadget)
  • Next City excerpted David L. Prytherch's new book "Reclaiming the Road: Mobility Justice Beyond Complete Streets," about how nine cities made lasting changes during the COVID-19 pandemic's open streets movement.
  • Communities are increasingly adopting form-based zoning codes that lead to greater walkability. (CNU Public Square)
  • The U.S. House voted to repeal California's ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in 2035, despite a federal watchdog agency telling congressional Republicans they don't have the power to repeal it. (KTLA)
  • The Minnesota DOT is stuck between the Trump administration's cuts to "woke" programs and voters who demand that those transit projects be built. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • Instead of providing the needed funding requested by Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Republicans now want to private transit agencies. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Oregon Republicans' transportation budget proposal would slash $83 million from bike, pedestrian and rail programs, but go into debt to finish a Portland freeway project. (KGW)
  • Illinois lawmakers are close to a deal on closing a $770 million funding gap for Chicago transit. (WREX)
  • 2024 was by far the deadliest year on record for St. Louis cyclists and pedestrians. (St. Louis Magazine)
  • More than half of a new Indianapolis bridge is devoted to non-motorists. (WTHR)
  • Bus-mounted cameras in Los Angeles have issued more than 10,000 traffic tickets so far. (L.A. Times)
  • Seattle cyclists protested an unsafe bike lane design at Fourth and Pine after drivers injured two people. (KING)
  • Some Boston residents are concerned more with how the flex poles protecting bike lanes look than whether cyclists are safe. (NBC Boston)
  • The most-used rideshare bike in New York City has led quite a life. (CityLab)

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