Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Miami-Dade is spending a tax meant for expanding transit on existing services, and one city transit board is trying to redirect $95 million toward its intended purpose of new projects. (Herald) Unsurprisingly, DC drivers are ignoring “pop up” bus lanes and using them as regular car lanes instead. (WaPo) Cobb County is the lone holdout […]

California Gas Tax Repeal Could End Transit Ridership Growth (Californian) The Federal Transit Administration Is Now Anti-Transit (City Lab) The Washington Post Explains Why Drivers Hit and Run $2.2B, Four-Acre Transit Center Opens in San Francisco (NBC) Dallas’ Cotton Belt Moves Forward While Subway Left Behind (News) Tampa Transpo Tax Would Quicken Pace of Improvements […]

FTA Finally Releases Funds for Albuquerque Bus Rapid Transit (KOB, KRQE) Crime Is Rare on St. Louis MetroLink (Belleville News-Democrat) D.C. Will Fix Intersection Where Truck Driver Killed Man on Bike (DCist) Seattle Sets Speed Limit for E-Bikes (KING) Chapel Hill Gets Its First Bike Box (WCHL) Bicycling: Cyclists Shouldn’t Have to Share Bike Lanes Cars […]

Stop the Presses: Trump’s Infrastructure Bill Is Still MIA (Politico) Lawsuit: Miami-Dade Squandered Tax Meant for Transit Expansion (Herald) Drivers in the High-Pressure Gig Economy Are More Likely to Crash (Guardian) Uber and Lyft Apply to Operate Bike-Share Service in Seattle (Seattle Times) Bike-Share Startup Spin Says It’s Replacing D.C. Bikes With Scooters (WaPo) Kroger […]

Uber CEO Hedging on Future of Self-Driving Cars (NYT) New Orleans Neighborhood Reclaims Freeway Overpass (Next City) Capitol-Gazette: Hogan Was Right to Keep Anne Arundel Line Open Bluebike Adds 60 Bike-Share Stations in Boston (Mass Live) Lime Is the Last Bike-Share Standing in Seattle (KIRO) Latest Stretch of Tallahassee Complete Street Opens (Democrat) Cyclists Take […]

ADA Lawsuits Target Crumbling Sidewalks (CityLab) Crashes Fell 33–53 Percent After Alexandria Lowered Speed Limits (WTOP) Baltimore Making Progress on Bike Safety (Next City) West Hartford Creates Family-Friendly Bike Routes (Courant) St. Petersburg Council Will Vote on MLK Bike Lanes Next Week (CL) Raleigh (News & Observer) and Akron (WKSU) Get First Buffered Bike Lanes […]