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Seattle DOT: Usage Stats Show Popularity of New Dockless Bike-Share (MyNorthwest, Times, KIRO) Las Vegas Pedestrian Deaths on Pace to Reach Record This Year (Nevada Public Radio) Researchers Develop Technology That Can Detect When Drivers Are Being Negligent (Wired) Nashville Activists Want Anti-Gentrification Measures in Light Rail Plan (Tennessean, WPLN, WTVF) Daily Orange Explains the […]

WMATA Needs $15.5 Billion Just to Keep Things From Getting Any Worse (WaPo) From Recall Votes Over Road Diets to Gas Tax Revolt, California Motorists Are Angry (LA Times) Honolulu Rail Submits Plan to FTA for Getting Project Back on Track (KHON, Civil Beat) Boston Mayor Marty Walsh May Kill Pilot That Prices Parking in […]

Trump and Infrastructure: Dems in Conservative States (Hill) and Bloomberg Columnists Are All for It Maybe Housing, Not $118,000 Parking Spots, Should Be Built at Light Rail Stops (Seattle Times) Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Goes to Bat for I-5 Highway Widening (BikePortland) Amazon’s Race to the Bottom Could Get Detroit and Its Suburbs to Push […]

Houston Metro Chair: Harvey’s Devastation Underscored Importance of Transit (Chronicle) It’s Not Just Transit: Bikes Are Helping Houstonians Get Around After the Storm, Too (Chronicle) Wisconsin Legislature Bans Eminent Domain for Bike, Pedestrian Paths (Cap Times, State Journal) Classic Bikelash: Get a Grip, People — Bike Lanes Are Not Ruining Your City (Philly.com) WMATA GM: […]

Hotbed of Innovation: “Cycling Is What Makes Everything Else in Amsterdam Work” (Politico) Here in the U.S., Ford Researches How Humans Deal With “Driverless” Overlords (Verge, Wired) Trump Administration and Congress Ease Off Driverless Car Safety Regs; Slate Is Not Impressed WMATA Trumpets “Success” of Running Fewer Trains So More Of Them Are On Time […]

Baltimore Shuts Down Bike-Share After Theft, Maintenance Problems, Will Reboot Next Month (Sun) Broad Coalition Unveiled for Nashville Mayor’s Light Rail Funding Referendum (Biz Journal) As It Plans Bus Network Revamp, SEPTA Looks to Houston for Inspiration (Philly.com) TransitCenter and Streetfilms Look at the New Generation of Bus Campaigners Hampton Roads Transit to Reveal Route […]