Anyone Can Access Friday’s Headlines
Just putting a bike in someone's hands is the best way to get them to ride one.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on September 11, 2026
- A review of more than 100 studies found that increasing access to bicycles, particularly e-bikes, is the best way to get people to ride one. “Access” can mean a lot of things, though, from promoting safe biking routes to cash to buy a bike. Addressing these practical concerns is more effective than education or PR campaigns. (Momentum)
- Subway construction in English-speaking countries is even more expensive than previously thought, compared to the rest of the world. (The Transit Brief)
- Here’s how to turn an aging strip mall into a walkable neighborhood. (Building Better Places)
- The only reason Sean Duffy is secretary of transportation is that Donald Trump had already given out all the other jobs in his administration. (Jalopnik)
- If you’re a rising star athlete like the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz, you can kill three people with your car and hire a fixer to make it go away. (Propublica)
- San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, Miami, Oakland, Philadelphia, Seattle and Long Beach have the highest walk scores in the U.S. (Quartz)
- Why is it so hard to build transit in Austin but so easy to widen a freeway? (Planetizen)
- A business community that favors suburban sprawl is keeping Charlotte from realizing its full potential. (Ledger)
- Upstate New York cities like Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and Syracuse are investing in better bike infrastructure. (Focus)
- An Amazon-backed driverless car company called Zoox is challenging Waymo’s supremacy in San Francisco. (New York Times)
- Minneapolis is considering a law requiring human drivers in autonomous vehicles. (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Michigan is testing a road usage charge to fund transportation. (WILX)
- Phoenix has installed 200 miles of “cool pavement” that reduces the urban heat island effect. (Smart Cities World)
- Seattle will install speed cameras on four high-risk corridors. (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
- Pittsburgh bikeshare POGOH is searching for a new sponsor. (WESA)
- The mayor of Mobile is obsessed with streetcars. (AL.com)
- Time Out ranked the 20 best cities for biking in the world.
- Japan cut speed limits in half on narrow city streets, from 60 kilometers per hour, or 37 mph, to 30 kph. (The Guardian)
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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