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Man Deliberately Plows Down NYC Bike Path in Truck, Killing 8 (NYT, Bloomberg) Assailant Drove for Uber But Passed Background Checks (TechCrunch) Autonomous Shuttles as a Last-Mile Transit Option (Mobility Lab) Dallas Will Open 20 Miles of Streets to People on Bikes Saturday for Car-Free Event (KERA) Minneapolis Reopens Bidding for Southwest Corridor Light Rail (MPR) […]

DC Metro Asks Governments for More Assistance to Avoid Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Post) …And Reiterates Need for Dedicated Funding Source (Post) As Low-Wage Jobs Move to Suburbs, Twin Cities Need Transit More Than Ever (Star-Tribune) Pittsburgh Ride-Hailing Service Takes Homeless Students to School (Post-Gazette) California Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect Wednesday (San Diego […]

Purple Line, Board Reforms Move Forward as Maryland-Metro Feud Ends (Post) Seattle Ditches Broadway Bike Lane Along With Streetcar Extension (Capitol Hill Seattle) Portland Residents Seek to Repurpose Parking for Buffered Bike Lanes (Bike Portland) Provo’s “Giant Wall of Parking” Divides Downtown (Strong Towns) Maryland Light Rail Advocates Aghast at Transpo Chief’s Support for BRT […]

Larry Hogan Escalates Feud With D.C. Metro Board Chairman (WTOP) MARTA Mulls Expansion as New Tax Dollars Start to Roll In (WABE) Dallas Residents Sick and Tired of Waiting for the Bus All Day (Morning News) KY Gov. Matt Bevin Really Wants That Cincinnati Sprawl (Enquirer) Audit Recommends Ways to Improve Honolulu Roads for Bikes […]

Corporate Heavyweights Try Their Hand at Reforming D.C. Metro (Post) Why Is L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Silent About Rising Death Toll on City Streets? (Times) How Transit Transformed the University of Maryland and College Park (Next City) Center City Streetcar Survives — for Now (Curbed Seattle) With Ridership Growing, Madison Seeks Grant for Transit Expansion […]

Turf Wars Break Out as Investors Pour Money Into Bike-Share (Recode) D.C. Metro Track Fires Are Up Over Last Year (WTOP) In Cleveland, Cyclists Win Over Trucking Interests (Plain Dealer) Poll: Most Milwaukee Residents Oppose Streetcar (Fox 6 Now; WUWM) New Spokane Transit Stops Cut Dwell Times in Half (Spokesman-Review) Nashville Council Members Push Back […]