How Lazy Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Obscures Why Streets Are So Dangerous
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Journalists should be more skeptical of police accounts of pedestrian deaths.
The Injustice of Highway Pollution
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The people who drive the least, suffer the most.
Today’s Headlines
|- Repairs Have DC Metro Telling Riders to Stop Taking Metro (WaPo)
- Baltimore Revises Fire Code to Clear Way for More Bike Lanes (Sun)
- How Can Cities Reverse the Drop in Bus Ridership? (Mobility Lab)
- Three Bike-Share Companies Leave Dallas (KERA)
- Hundreds of Dallas Ofo Bikes Wind Up in Scrap Heap (Morning News, KHOU)
- Savannah Transit Officials Hope for Funding From State of GA (Morning News)
- Manufacturers Buy Ads to Remind Trump About Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
- Las Vegas Sun: Rail Is the Only Thing That Can Reduce Traffic
- There’s No App for Michigan’s Amish Version of Uber (WWMT)
Barcelona’s Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change Your Neighborhood
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Without dangerous, noisy car traffic overrunning the streets, superblocks are full of life.
Today’s Headlines
|- LeBron James Talks About His Love of Bikes (Wall Street Journal)
- Today’s Parking Garages Can Be the Housing of Tomorrow (Arch Daily)
- Uber and Lyft Want California Dems to Remove Drivers’ Protections (Bloomberg)
- Atlanta Buys Land for BeltLine Expansion (AJC)
- DC Cyclists Want Crackdown on Parking in Bike Lanes (WUSA)
- Baton Rouge Introduces Carpooling App (Advocate)
- Eugene and Oregon Police Will Ticket More Speeding Drivers (KVAL)
- Post & Courier: Testing Charleston Bus Rapid Transit Would Reduce Risk of Failure
- Sound Transit Demos Buildings to Clear Way for Light Rail (Herald Net)
Here’s Why Canada’s Traffic Safety Record Is Better Than Ours
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The reason? Canada has better laws and far more mass transit use.
A Carbon Tax Could Recoup Trump’s MPG Standards Cut
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All told, a carbon tax would suppress carbon dioxide emissions eight times as much as the mileage freeze will elevate them.
Today’s Headlines
|- WaPo: Cities Can’t Rely on Uber and Lyft to Reduce Traffic
- Atlanta Has $2.5B to Spend on Transit — But $11B Worth of Projects (AJC)
- Can Minneapolis Build the North Side Greenway Without Displacement? (Star-Trib)
- Rubber Flaps Could Make DC Streetcar Tracks Safer for Cyclists (WAMU)
- Salt Lake City Tells Scooter Riders to Stay Off Sidewalk (KSL)
- Kansas City Opens First Protected Bike Lane (KBIA)
- Rural Roundabouts Save Lives (Raleigh News & Observer)
- Google and Toronto Pare Down ‘Smart City’ Plans (Architect’s Newspaper)
Biking Pol is Killed, So Louisiana Parish Blames Cyclists
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Council members have proposed some dubiously legal requirements for cyclists including — true story — lasers.
Trump Administration Fake Worried About Too Much Driving
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In its effort to roll back Obama's fuel economy standards, Trump's EPA pretends it actually cares about Americans driving too much. Great goal! We have some suggestions.
Today’s Headlines
|- The Cleanest Car Is No Car at All (Curbed)
- New MetroLink Station Opens in St. Louis (Post-Dispatch)
- DC DOT Announces Dedicated Bus Lanes on 16th St. NW (WAMU)
- WFPL Talks to Riders About Louisville Bus System
- Birmingham Commits $20 Million to Bus Rapid Transit (Birmingham News)
- Waymo Will Take People to Transit Stops in Phoenix (Market Watch)
- Buffalo Company Partners With City to Repaint Bike Lanes (Rising)
- 250 Rochester Rental Bikes Go Missing (Democrat & Chronicle)
- Charlotte Seeks Input on Protected Uptown Bike Lane (WSOC, Fox 46)
- Rhode Island Town Cracks Down on Jaywalking Turkeys (Providence Journal)
Scooter Company Bird Offers to Pay Cities to Build Bike Lanes
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Whatever you make of Bird's offer, there's certainly an opening here that cities shouldn't let go to waste.