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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!
Actually, intercity buses go a lot more places now.
“Strong reforms are necessary in California if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
Despite the constraints they place on public spaces, the barriers are necessary to protect people from weaponized vehicles.
Like Ricky Bobby, too many American drivers just wanna go fast.
The Times is Times-ing again, ignoring the life-and-death ramifications of bike lanes in favor of the political fallout.
We’re taking a week for professional development.
