The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
TGIF, Streetsbloggers! We had some technical difficulties yesterday, so this edition of our morning roundup newsletter features everything you may have missed from Thursday, including Thursday’s headlines.
Especially of note is Kea Wilson’s warning of the incoming “demographic time bomb” as Baby Boomers age out of driving — and America needs to act particularly fast and embrace solutions to the converging crises that decenter cars.
Plus: The latest episode of Talking Headways features a conversation with the author of The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been.
Dig in to all the news ahead of a long weekend — get your fill, and we’ll see you Tuesday!
As Illinois considers autonomous-vehicle legislation, proposed protections for manufacturers raise questions about safety, privacy, and public consent.
Toronto might be in the center of the fight to resist bike lane teardown today. But if some far-right politicians have their way, this fight won’t be the last.
The common denominator in every car crashes is a car. So why don’t we talk about it?
Jalopnik points out that there are certain vehicles that average people have no business driving.
…and what we can do to protect our kids *and* the e-bike revolution.
While other countries work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. is moving in the opposite direction.
As Illinois considers autonomous-vehicle legislation, proposed protections for manufacturers raise questions about safety, privacy, and public consent.
Toronto might be in the center of the fight to resist bike lane teardown today. But if some far-right politicians have their way, this fight won’t be the last.
