The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
It’s Monday of what feels like the shortest work week of the year, so let’s just get straight to the news.
The last decade of progress with traffic fatalities in Austin, Texas doesn’t look like much from far away — but there’s a deeper story beyond the statistics that deserves to be heard, and might just help other cities weather the state and federal headwinds pushing against more progress. Kea Wilson takes a deep dive in her latest.
Plus: Streetsblog NYC goes across the river to Jersey City, where a former governor is plotting a comeback with a divisive, anti-safety campaign for mayor.
Check out all that and today’s headlines in the links below:
Plug-in hybrids are a “greenwashing stunt” that are not much cleaner or fuel efficient than fully gas-powered cars, according to Transport & Environment.
Plug-in hybrids are a “greenwashing stunt” that are not much cleaner or fuel efficient than fully gas-powered cars, according to Transport & Environment.
A bill to keep transportation money flowing rolls back funds to pre-infrastructure act levels.
Actually, intercity buses go a lot more places now.
