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Friday’s Headlines Are In the Clear

Transit consultant Jarrett Walker explains to frustrated drivers why bus-only lanes are important.

  • Empty bus lanes are a good thing, because they mean one motorist isn't holding up 30 other people on a bus, Human Transit author Jarrett Walker writes in the Globe and Mail.
  • The U.S. DOT released grant funding for almost 200 rail and transit projects. (Trains)
  • A Senate committee approved President Trump's nomination of Sean McMaster to head the Federal Highway Administration. (Transport Topics)
  • Electric buses have many benefits, but they don't perform well in below-freezing weather, according to a Cornell University study. (WRVO)
  • A sales tax referendum to fund roads, rail and transit in metro Charlotte is moving through the North Carolina legislature. (Blue Ridge Public Radio)
  • The Twin Cities' notoriously slow 21 bus is about to replaced by bus rapid transit. (Axios)
  • Miami is considering a plan to double the allowed density near transit stations. (WLRN)
  • The head of Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA went to the capital in Harrisburg to lobby for more state funding. (KYW)
  • Birmingham officials are frustrated that state law doesn't allow them to use gas taxes to fund transit. (WVTM)
  • Traffic deaths in North Dakota hit a 24-year low. (Grand Forks Herald)
  • The Hop streetcar in Milwaukee is changing its route and expanding hours for Summerfest attendees this weekend. (Journal-Sentinel)
  • Cleveland's sidewalks are so jacked up that skunks are making nests underneath them. (News 5)

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