Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Hogan Rejects Calls to Curtail Maryland Light Rail (Baltimore Sun) Portland Chooses Route for SW Light Rail Line (Metro, Oregonian) Ride-Hailing Companies Added 94 Million Driving Miles on Seattle Streets Last Year (Seattle Times) Baltimore Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Assault at Bike Lane Meeting (Fishbowl) Cleveland Unveils New Complete Street Today (Plain Dealer) New Bike-Share […]

Expect More Disasters Like Italy Highway Collapse (The Atlantic) Politico‘s Ben White Talks About How Trump’s Infrastructure Push Went Wrong WaPo Columnist: Streets Are for Cars, and Bikes Should Get Out of the Way Why It’s Harder to Regulate Ride-Hailing Than Bike-Share (Mobility Lab) Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Approves Plans for 800 Miles of Bike Paths […]

MARTA Needs a Citizen Committee to Guide Expansion (Saporta Report) After Hit-and-Run, Louisville Police Crack Down on… Walking (Courier-Journal) Portland Reinvests Parking Revenue to Reduce the Need to Drive (Sightline) West Palm Beach Announces Vision Zero Initiative (WPTV) Lime Brings 500 Rental Bikes to UCF (Orlando Sentinel), Expands Service at Ohio State (Columbus Dispatch) In Transportation, […]

Cities and States Are Getting Better at Regulating Ride-Sharing (Biz Insider) Past Tampa Transit Votes Failed — Will This One Be Different? (TB Times) New DC Bus-Only Lane Is So Full of Cars, It’s a Joke (WaPo) Seattle Complete Streets Program Tries to Keep Pace With Growth (Sightline) Urban Milwaukee Offers Behind the Scenes Look […]

What Will Google Do With the Data Its “Smart City” Collects? (WaPo) City Lab Did a Piece on Ghost Bike Memorials DC Streetcar Station Destroyed by Megabus Reopens (DCist) The Stranger: Seattle Mayor Is Out to Kill the Center City Connector Dems Want Atlanta Suburb to Reschedule Transit Referendum (AJC) Derailment Damages Pittsburgh Light Rail Line […]

Cleveland Transit Authority Won’t Put Tax on Ballot in 2018 (Fox 8) Here Are the Most Dangerous Places to Bike in Philadelphia (Inquirer) Boston Is Finishing Its First Protected Bike Lane (WEEI) Decatur Starts Work on Network of Protected Bike Lanes (AJC) Minneapolis Explores Ways to Reverse Decline in Carpooling (Star-Trib) NC Triangle Officials Visit […]