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How Can People Reclaim Streets From Cars? (NYT) The Future of Transit: Multiple Modes, One Pass (The Economist) To Reduce Congestion, People Will Have to Share Driverless Cars (WaPo) Lynx Officials Optimistic Charlotte Light Rail Ridership Will Rise (Observer) North Carolina Cuts Transit Funding by 26 Percent (WFAE) Macon Commission Restores Funding for Bus Service […]

Right-Wing Group Launches Campaign Against Detroit Regional Transit Proposal (Detroit News) Durham-Orange Rail Needs $100M in Private Funding by April (Daily Tarheel) Feds Say Honolulu Light Rail Is Still Short $134 Million (Civil Beat) After 18 Months Trump Still Has No Infrastructure Plan (The Nation) “Last Weld” Marks Finishing of Milwaukee Streetcar Tracks (Fox 6, […]

D.C. Metro Officials Hope Red Line Shutdown Will Boost Bus Ridership (WaPo) No Charges for Asheville, NC, Officer Who Beat Black Man for Walking (WRAL) MARTA Officially Takes Over Atlanta Streetcar (11 Alive) Ride-Hailing Isn’t a Solution to Urban Transportation Woes (Bloomberg) Introducing a Rack Designed for Dockless Bikes and Scooters (Tech Crunch) Charlotte’s Popular […]

Charlotte Fully Funds Bike Lane Expansion Plan (Next City) Cincinnati Should Finish Bike Lane That’s Languished Since 2014 (WCPO) Black People Wait Longer for Uber and Lyft — But the Disparity Is Worse With Taxis (USA Today) Lyft Goes to Neighborhoods That Taxis Won’t (CityLab) How Does Light Rail Construction Affect Local Businesses? (KJZZ) Tampa […]

80 Percent of Drivers Admit to Driving Distracted (WaPo) NC Budget Might Kill Durham-Orange Light Rail After All (INDY Week) Transit Hasn’t Always Been Inclusive; It Should Be (Mobility Lab) Speeding Is Common on Harrisburg Street Where Drivers Killed 5 People (Penn Live) Cincinnati Mayor Vetoes Moving Bus Shelter That’s Blocking Streetcar (WVXU) Dallas Passes […]

Hogan’s Beltway Binge Tops List of Highway Boondoggles (WaPo) DC Council Approves Ride-Hailing Tax Hike to Fund Metro (WTOP, WJLA) Why Is Texas Still Building Freeways? (Tribune) St. Louis Plans Greenway to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods (Next City) Metro Tampa Residents Worry Road Widening Will Speed Up Traffic (WFTS) Detroit’s Inner Ring Suburbs Push for Bike […]