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Wednesday’s Headlines
The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Global consulting firm Deloitte predicts that as cities grow more crowded, bike usage will double by 2022. (Forbes, Treehugger) Many cities — such as Los Angeles, Shanghai, Helsinki and Singapore — have started “Uber … Continued
January 8, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines
The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego have already red bus-only lanes to distinguish them from car lanes with special permission from the Federal Highway Administration, but now the feds have cleared all … Continued
January 7, 2020
Monday’s Headlines
The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. The Trump administration wants to repeal a rule requiring federal agencies to consider the impact on climate when reviewing infrastructure projects. The rule once helped stymie a Trump golf course — and protect the … Continued
January 6, 2020
Friday’s Headlines
The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. World governments spent $5.2 trillion on oil and gas subsidies in 2017, including $649 billion in the U.S. — ten times what we spend on education — according to the International Monetary Fund. The … Continued
January 3, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines
The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Uber and the delivery service Postmates are seeking an injunction against a California law reclassifying their drivers as employees, rather than contractors with no rights. The law took effect Wednesday. (New York Times) … Continued
January 2, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines
Happy new year! With 2019 in the rear-view mirror, here a few headlines looking back at the year and the decade that was, and looking ahead to 2020.
January 1, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: Farewell, 2019
Sponsored post: The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Wyoming drivers led the nation in miles driven by a long shot, at an average of 16,900 miles in 2017, according to federal statistics. Washington, D.C. residents drove the least — … Continued
December 31, 2019
Monday’s Headlines
Sponsored post: The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. How can we get people out of their cars? Treehugger has solutions that seem like common sense: Raise awareness of the full cost of parking, and make it harder to drive while … Continued
December 30, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
Sponsored post: The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Blake Aued is on vacation, so we’re all pitching in for today’s headlines: Is it possible that Americans are driving fewer miles and cutting down on unnecessary car trips? (WSJ) Alphabet’s Sidewalks … Continued
December 27, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
Streetsblog is taking the holidays off, but here are some evergreen (pun intended) headlines to keep you occupied until we return Monday.
December 26, 2019