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Cities’ Land Too Valuable to Waste on Parking (Bloomberg) D.C. Red Line Shutdown Is Bus Lanes’ Time to Shine (Mobility Lab) The Oregonian Lists Portland’s 10 Most Dangerous Intersections Blind, Disabled Seattle Residents Worry About Dockless Bike-Share (KING) Michigan’s Worst City for Cycling Ponders Improvements (Grand Rapids Mag) New Orleans Leaning on Park-and-Rides to Draw […]

Cities Blinded by Tech Promises Make Wrong Bet Against Transit (NYT) People in SF Opting for Uber Bikes Over Uber Cars (CNN Money) Chinese Bike-Share Startup Ofo Scales Back in U.S. (Fortune) Seattle Council Member Wants Deadline to Finish Bike Lane Network (My Northwest) Portland Cyclists Skeptical of Parking-Protected Bike Lanes (Mercury) Baton Rouge Interstate […]

Options Unveiled for Maryland’s Beltway/270 Boondoggle (WaPo) DC Residents Rally for Safer Streets, Call on Mayor Bowser to Act (GGW) Herald: South Miami Should Embrace Bus Rapid Transit Richard Florida: Car Dependence Is Another Political Dividing Line (CityLab) Philadelphia Tries to Tackle Its Bike-Share Equity Problem (Mobility Lab) Just 70 Percent of Seattle Bike-Share Bikes […]

Charlotte Transit Plan Calls for New Rail Lines, Uptown Tunnel (Observer) Georgia GOP Still Wishy-Washy on Transit Funding (Saporta Report) It’s Getting Even More Dangerous to Walk in Phoenix (Fox 10) Bike-Share Launches in 15 Boston-Area Towns (Next City) Seattle Streetcar Project Remains in Limbo (KIRO) D.C. Finally Fixes Intersection After Driver Kills Cyclist (Curbed) […]

Gwinnett Will Put Transit Plan to the Voters, But When? (AJC) D.C. Metro Workers Consider Striking (WaPo) Minneapolis Reaches Right-of-Way Agreement for Southwest Light Rail Line (Star Trib) Arizona Star Cuts Through the Fake News on South Phoenix Light Rail Tampa Residents Resort to Waving Signs at Speeding Drivers (WTSP) Seattle Approves Dockless Bike-Share Rules […]

As Biking’s Popularity Grows, D.C. Struggles to Make It Safe (WaPo) Florida Leaders Support More Transit Funding (Miami Herald) Sun Sentinel Calls Broward County Light Rail “Pie in the Sky” Local Coverage of Parking Excess in Des Moines (Register), Philly (Inquirer), and Seattle (Times) St. Paul Residents Debate: Streetcar or Bus Rapid Transit? (Star Tribune) Nashville […]