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Nashville Votes on Transit Referendum Today (Tennessean 1, 2, 3; WPLN) Utah Is Relatively Safe for Pedestrians, But More Can Be Done (Deseret News) Ex-DOT Secretary Foxx Praises Proposed Las Vegas Light Rail Line (Review-Journal) Milwaukee Bridges Will Get Protected Bike Lanes (Journal Sentinel) New Hampshire Seeks Bus or Rail Connection to Boston (Union Leader) 9-Year-Old Meets […]

Nashville Transit Plan a Tough Sell in the Suburbs (Tennessean) Sun-Sentinel Readers Offer Alternatives to All-But-Dead Wave Streetcar Study: No Link Between Moving Closer to Transit and Lowering Household Transport Costs (CityLab) Cambridge Protesters Form Human Bike Lane Barrier (Boston Globe, Curbed) D.C. Extends Dockless Bike and Scooter Pilot Program (WTOP) ‘Smart Streets’ Coming to […]

Larry Hogan Signs D.C. Metro Funding Bill (Bethesda Magazine) Five Reasons to Be Skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles (Mobility Lab) Drivers Hate Them, But Traffic Cameras Save Lives (Governing) Seattle Transit Group Releases Map of Its Dream Light Rail System (PI) D.C. Considers Cameras to Catch Drivers Using Bus Lanes Illegally (WTOP) Dallas Will Start Charging […]

Pelosi: Dems Will Move Quickly on Infrastructure If They Win Back House (Roll Call) D.C. Metro Hires Former NY MTA Safety Chief as New CEO (WaPo) Seattle Scaling Back Transpo Projects in Response to Shortfall (Seattle Times) Minneapolis Light Rail Project Headed to Court Again (Southwest Journal) Salt Lake County Considers Sales Tax Bump to […]

Insurance Companies Aren’t Pricing Districted Driving Into Their Rates (Bloomberg) New Book Advocates for “Life-Sized Cities” With Bikes at the Center (Next City) People Are Using Uber and Lyft Like Ambulances (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Ethan Elkind: Gentrification Is Bad News for Transit Ridership Houston Transit Officials Expect Flagging Rail Ridership to Rise (Chronicle) When It Comes […]

Van Driver Kills 10, Injures 15 in Toronto (Toronto Star) Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan May Scrap Bike Lane Program (Free Press) DC Policy Establishment Warms to Trump’s Plan to Shrink Federal Spending on Infrastructure (Governing) New Fort Lauderdale Mayor Plans to Kill the Wave Streetcar (WJCT) Baton Rouge Leaders See Infrastructure as Health and Safety […]