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Thursday’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 19, 2019

President Trump — via tweet, of course — announced he’s revoking California’s ability to restrict pollution from cars and trucks. His administration had already rolled back President Obama’s stricter federal rules, but automakers had agreed to abide by California’s standards nationwide (Washington Post). Streetsblog’s Aaron Short showed why that’s bad. When the public wants safer […]

Developers of The Crossing at Midtown in Houston, Texas are eschewing parking spaces for a plaza.
Image: Oxberry Group

Houston May Soon Not Have a Problem with Parking

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 19, 2019

Houston's decision to remove mandatory parking requirements from new developments in two of the city’s more walkable neighborhoods is already bearing fruit, as one forward-thinking developer has cut the amount of car storage in his new shopping center by 25 percent.

A reviled form of transit will need to make a comeback if we are to have livable cities in America.

Op-Ed: To Transform Bus Networks, Understand Networks of Power

By Steven Higashide | Sep 19, 2019 | 1 Comment

It will take vision and fortitude to overcome the indifference and hostility to a vital form of transit.

Activists want San Francisco to consider car free zones in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin where a spate of pedestrian injuries and deaths have occurred this year.

Car-Free Zones Eyed in SF, Elsewhere

By Aaron Short | Sep 18, 2019

A string of pedestrian injuries and deaths in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district has spurred city leaders to demand a ban on cars in some densely populated neighborhoods — the latest in a nascent and long-overdue move by activists nationwide to get reckless drivers off at least a tiny handful of city streets. San Francisco Supervisor […]

The Trump administration is revoking a waiver allowing California to set stricter tailpipe pollution limits than the federal government.

Five Ways Trump Is Wrong On California Emissions

By Aaron Short | Sep 18, 2019 | 9 Comments

The Trump administration revoked a waiver allowing California to set higher automobile emissions standards than the federal government. It's a bad idea.

Wednesday’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 18, 2019

The National Association of City Transportation Officials has issued new guidelines on how cities should handle e-scooters. (Smart Cities Dive) A bipartisan team of two congressmen wants to phase out the gas tax and refill the federal highway trust fund with money from a tax on oil and gas producers. (The Hill) States are overtaxing […]

Traffic through the Sepulveda Pass in Southern California became worse after a highway widening project. Photo:

Op-Ed: Fed Transport Policy Undermines Climate Progress

By Emily Mangan | Sep 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

Democrats and Republicans remain deeply committed to antiquated policy that undermines any action we take on climate change: spending billions to build new highways, encouraging more and more driving.

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Entitled Car Owners are Selfish Hypocrites

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2019

A Brooklyn "Town Hall" agitates against street-safety measures. The "save our neighborhood" crowd has turned pro-car.

Electric scooters on city streets. Photo: Swagtron

Bikes, Scooters Could Replace So Many Car Trips

By Melanie Curry | Sep 17, 2019 | 4 Comments

Almost half of all car trips in U.S. cities are three miles long or less. That little nugget of information has long been understood, hinted at by U.S. Census surveys, but now a transportation data company has confirmed and expanded on it. INRIX Research constantly collects anonymous travel data from a wide variety of sources. […]

Tuesday’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 17, 2019

City dwellers love to hate e-scooters, but they’re a lot better than cars. (City Lab) Uber-owned JUMP recently pulled rental bikes from San Diego, Providence, Atlanta, Dallas, San Antonio and Staten Island, sometimes in response to regulations or vandalism but often with no reason given at all. (Tech Crunch, StreetsblogUSA) The front page of the […]