The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Heading into the weekend, we have a slate of national transportation and safe-streets news for you:
First, a look at how the DC-area transit system WMATA is going all-in on buses.
Then, the latest episode of Talking Headways, which features a conversation about what ‘Reclaiming the Road’ looks like beyond just advocating for complete streets.
We also have a dispatch from California, and the federal fight over high-speed rail.
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.
