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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Rose 46 Percent From 2009-2016 (Washington Post) Buses Are Still the Cheapest, Most Flexible Transit Option (City Lab) Dockless E-Scooter Companies Exploit Workers (Slate) Ride-Hailing Startup Plans to Enlist Texans in Self-Driving Van Experiment (Bloomberg) Boston’s New Green Line Trolleys Could Drive Themselves (Mass Live) Dockless Bike-Share Gears Up in ATL (Curbed), […]

D.C. Transit Agencies Cut Fares to Pull Drivers Off Interstate (WTOP) Atlanta Magazine Got Its Hands on MARTA’s Draft Expansion Plans Wisconsin Dems Support Gas Tax Hike; Walker Opposes It (Journal Sentinel) FTA Funds Indianapolis BRT Over Trump’s Objections (Star) Lyft Puts 30 Self-Driving Cars on Las Vegas Streets (Engadget) Transit Center Helps You Cut […]

Georgia Gov Signs “Milestone” Law Setting Up Regional Transit in Atlanta (AJC) Atlanta Suburbanites Finally Starting to Embrace Transit (AJC) New Bids for Minneapolis Light Rail Line Still Too High (Star Tribune) Detroit Streetcar Ridership Plummeted Last Winter (Curbed, WDET) Seattle Weighs Making Bike-Share Program Permanent (KOMO) Lyft Puts 30 Self-Driving Cars on Las Vegas […]

Tampa Will Remain the Largest U.S. City Without Passenger Rail (WJCT) Advocacy Group Pushes for Light Rail on Atlanta Beltline (Curbed) Transit Advocates Fear Austin Will Repeat Nashville’s Mistake (Biz Journal) Portland Vision Zero Report Puts Safety Onus on Victims (Bike Portland) Most Americans Overestimate Time It Takes to Walk or Bike to Work (NYT) […]

More Postmortems on the Nashville Transit Referendum (CityLab, Tennessean) Metro Detroit Revives Regional Transit Talk, But Bill Would Let Counties Opt Out (Freep) Charlotte Transit Ridership Down 20 Percent This Year (Observer) VA Will Spend I-66 Toll Revenue on Transit, Park-and-Ride Lots (WTOP) San Antonio Mayor Rules Out Light Rail in Transit Plan (Express-News) Fort […]

Nashville Will Stay Stuck in Traffic: Transit Referendum Goes Down By Large Margin (Tennessean) Columbus’s First Protected Bike Lane Draws More Cyclists (Dispatch) Minneapolis Seeing a Boom in Walkable Urban Grocery Stores (City Pages) Charlotte Faces Challenges Retrofitting Industrial Area for Pedestrians (Agenda) Cambridge City Council Votes to Prioritize Bike Safety After Activists Stage Massive […]