The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Today’s newsletter brings you two perspectives on the e-bike boom.
One, from Felix Mariano, looks at the riders pushing their bikes to the limits, and where safety comes into play. “What we once saw as freedom is now criminalized,” Mariano writes. “And it didn’t have to be this way.”
The other, from Streetsblog NYC contributor Julie Lichtblau, processes the aftermath from being t-boned by an e-bikeshare rider on a protected greenway — and how that informs her role in the safe streets movement.
“I admit to being dismissive of e-bike complaints before. After being decked by a 60-pound e-Citi Bike rider, I can say unequivocally, yes, it’s different when it happens to you. So to my fellow Safe Streets activists, I want to say that if we let the most aggressive riders set behavior norms and dominate perceptions, we’re giving anti-bike reactionaries ammunition to blast us back to the bad old days with all the bad faith they can muster.”
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
There’s a downside to enforcing traffic laws when cities do it to raise revenue rather than to save lives.
It might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?
