The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Good morning, let’s get straight to today’s top stories:
Streetsblog Chicago’s John Greenfield interviewed one of the co-authors of a controversial study about shared e-scooters in the Windy City — which found that their introduction “boosted demand for [ride-hail] services but reduced bike-share usage — and was also linked with higher rates of street and vehicle-related crime in neighborhoods.” What? You can see their conversation for yourself here.
Plus: Dallas-based planner and urban designer Patrick Kennedy is analyzing the highway footprint in more than two dozen U.S. cities, as well as the redevelopment potential if all that land were devoted to other, better uses. Did your locale make his list? Learn more about his project here.
How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
