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Bill Gates’ “Smart City” Near Phoenix Is Really Just More Sprawl (Slate) Rural Transit Services Keep the Carless Connected (American Prospect) Maryland Researcher Studies Purple Line’s Effect on Health (Washington Post) Small Group of Bike Lane Foes Vows to Take Over Cambridge Planning (Day) Nimble “Vision Zero” Fire Truck Can Navigate People-Filled Streets (Wired) Providence […]

Supposedly, Trump’s Infrastructure Bill Is Being Written Now (The Hill) Seattle’s Investment in Transit Has Been Good for Business (Mobility Lab) DC and MD Split With VA on LaHood Plan to Replace Metro Board (Post) Cincinnati’s SORTA Faces Cuts (Enquirer) Because Its Buses Are Old (WCPO) Transit Agencies Should Turn Parking Into Affordable Housing (Fast […]

D.C. Lawmakers Consider Decriminalizing Fare Evasion (Post) Mayors in Northern Atlanta Suburbs Eye Transit Along Perimeter (AJC) TriMet Pushes Back Portland Light Rail Vote to 2020 (KOUW, Willamette Week) Seattle Times Claims Bike Path Is a Risk for Pedestrians Las Vegas Installs Sidewalk Bollards to Protect People on Foot (Review-Journal) Twin Cities’ Gold Line BRT Applies […]

Growth in Twin Cities Suburbs Means Transit Doesn’t Reach as Many Jobs (Star Tribune) Plan to Rebuild Houston After Harvey Includes “Green Loop,” Multimodal Streets (Curbed) Honolulu Residents Call for Complete Streets in Urban Core (KITV) Omaha Neighborhood’s Zoning Limits Parking and Discourages Driving (World-Herald) Governing Outlines “Innovative” Approaches to Boosting Transit Ridership TriMet Workers […]

Senate Advances Trump DOT Nominee Despite Lack of Progress on Gateway Funding (Railway Age) Portland Suburbanites Want Better Transit Options (KATU) Seattle Times Transit Reporter Talks Trump, TODs, Monorail in Reddit AMA Electric Bike-Share Will Launch in Davis and Sacramento in 2018 (Enterprise) Uber Will Stop Exploiting Drivers With Bad Credit (Quartz) Baltimore Isn’t Enforcing […]

Democratic Gains in Virginia Provide Hope for Dedicated DC Metro Funding (Post) Tacoma Light Rail Construction Will Start Next Year (KING) Feds Tell Minneapolis to Tweak Light-Rail Wall (Star-Tribune) Buffalo Neighborhood Tells Drivers to Stay Out of Bike Lanes (WKBW) Portland Streetcar Will Have Dedicated Lane (Willamette Week) New Cincinnati Council Members Support Adding Bus […]