Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Road design is the biggest factor in bike safety, according to a University of Minnesota study that Streetsblog covered last week. Here’s some coverage from the Post Bulletin. Cycle commuting is dropping — except in cities. (WIRED) The San Diego Union-Tribune is urging a “no” vote on Proposition 6 — repealing a recent gas tax hike […]

The $3.3-billion transit plan Houston unveiled this week, tentatively set for a vote in November 2019, is heavy on dedicated bus lanes, but rail could be put back into the mix. (Chronicle) The campaign to pass a 1-percent sales tax for transportation in Hillsborough County, Fla., has strong support from Tampa-area businesses. (Florida Politics) Atlanta’s […]

Pittsburgh is again seeking $100 million from the feds for bus rapid transit (Tribune-Review). A previous plan was pulled because riders protested service cuts that would have paid for part of the project. (NEXTPittsburgh) Minneapolis’s bike-share thinks it has a less chaotic system for dockless bikes. Rather than riders leaving bikes anywhere, Nice Ride is […]

Voters already approved the south Phoenix light rail extension as part of a larger transportation package in 2015, but now opponents are trying to get it on the ballot again. Meanwhile, the Federal Transit Administration has expressed concern about local officials bowing to the vocal minority and deciding to revisit/delay the project. (Republic) Congestion pricing […]

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has tapped a Georgia Power executive to head up a new board — dubbed “the ATL,” for Atlanta Transit Link Authority, which would have been cool 20 years ago — that will coordinate MARTA and other transit agencies in the 13-county metro area. (AJC) Whether it’s a rail line or bus-only […]

Seattle’s City Center streetcar, which Mayor Jenny Durkin seems hell-bent on canceling, is essential to connecting Seattle’s two existing streetcar lines. Without it, it will continue to underperform. (Crosscut) Nashville’s public housing agency is subsidizing parking for downtown luxury apartment developers. (Tennessean) Three current and former Arizona elected officials get behind south Phoenix light rail […]