- New York City developers are turning dilapidated parking garages into housing. (NY Times)
- Induced demand isn't just for highways. You can also induce demand for transit by building light rail. (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
- Americans probably wouldn't go for tiny Japanese kei cars, even if President Trump gets his wish and legalizes them (Jalopnik). But Fiat is going to try (Gizmodo).
- The CEO of electric carmaker Rivian says that autonomous vehicles will one day be running errands for you, which sounds like it will make traffic a lot worse. (Business Insider)
- In an interview with Transport Matters, former NYC transportation commissioner Jannette Sadiq-Khan said bike lanes are the best investment a city can make.
- Omaha is preparing to install tracks for its new streetcar. (KMTV)
- Cincinnati has never been able to decide whether its streets should be one-way or two. (Cincinnati Magazine)
- Sound Transit and Portland are swapping streetcars, giving both Portland and Tacoma one less type to maintain. (The Urbanist)
- Portland's Biketown bikeshare and Oregon Safe Routes are seeking high school interns. (BikePortland)
- One Vancouver bikeshare bike has been ridden more than 17,000 kilometers. (Sun)
- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is giving light rail and streetcars signal priority. (Today)
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