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States Spend Billions on Freeways That Make Traffic Worse (Mobility Lab) Average Atlanta Commuter Spends Two Hours a Day in the Car (Curbed) Freeway Widening Would Interfere With Little Rock Streetcar (Democrat-Gazette) Tampa Driver Charged With Intentionally Mowing Down Family on Bikes (TB Times) Boston’s Green Line Extension Construction Finally Gets Underway (Fox 25) Milwaukee […]

Study: Texting Drivers, Not Texting Walkers, Make Streets Dangerous (Curbed) Friends of Cyclist Killed by Driver Take on L.A. Car Culture (NYT) The D.C. Metro Was So Unsafe in 2016 Feds Almost Shut It Down (WaPo) Durham-Orange Light Rail Still Faces $57M Funding Gap (News & Observer) Uber Tries to Convince London Court It’s Changed […]

Red Line Shutdown Could Lead to More Bus Lanes Throughout D.C. (WTOP) Milwaukee Installs Its First Protected Bike Lanes (Urban Milwaukee) MARTA Takes Over Atlanta Streetcar, Will Keep Fare $1 (AJC) Backup Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Uber Crash Was Watching “The Voice” (Reuters, The Verge) FTA Orders D.C. Metro to Immediately Protect Blind Riders (NBC […]

Conservative Phoenix Council Member Trying to Hijack Light Rail (Republic) Kansas City Voters Approve Streetcar Extension Tax 3 to 1 (Star) Walking in Charlotte Is Getting More Dangerous (Five) Mobility Lab Proposes Taxing Ride-Sharers and Ride-Hailers Alike FTA Awards Grants to Six Cities for On-Demand Transit (Smart Cities Dive) What Do Seattle Bike-Share Users Want? […]

Phoenix City Council Vote on Light Rail Project Pushed to Next Week (AZ Central) Cincinnati Mayor Proposes Cuts to Traffic Calming, Bike Lanes (WCPO) Las Vegas Light Rail Could Spur New Development (Review-Journal) Deadline Detroit and Daily Detroit Blast Anti-Bike-Lane Crain’s Op-Ed County Selects Route for St. Paul Streetcar Line (Star Tribune) MBTA Tries Surge […]

Georgia Will Spend $100 Million on Kinda-Sorta BRT for Atlanta (AJC) Purple Line Construction in Maryland Moves Ahead (WTOP) Las Vegas Review-Journal Continues Crusade Against Light-Rail Las Vegas Sun: Light Rail Recommendation “Something to Cheer About” Smart Sensors Will Help Portland Design Safer Streets (KATU, Oregonian) Topeka Has a Walking Problem, Not a Parking Problem […]