Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Pedestrian Improvements to Maryland Roads Come Slowly (WaPo) Kansas City Council Members Seek Streetcar Expansion (Star) Sound Transit Takes a Step Toward Tacoma Dome Link Extension (Weekly) Minneapolis Light-Rail Station at Nicollet Mall Now Open (Star-Tribune) Indiana Nonprofit Will Invest $40M in Louisville-Area Greenway (Courier-Journal) Providence Will Launch New England’s First Electric Bike-Share (Journal) Pittsburgh […]

Potential Hogan Opponent Releases Transit-Heavy Transpo Plan (Post) Philly Mayor Is So Sorry But There’s No Money for More Protected Bike Lanes (WHYY) How Do Cities Balance Data With Emotional Appeals for Bike Lanes? (Next City) Contrary to Handwringing Over Bike Clutter, Dallas Likes Bike-Sharing (Culture Map) Seattle’s Almost Halfway to Funding Lynnwood Rail Extension […]

Federal Court Allows Purple Line to Move Forward (Post, Reuters) Council Delays Minneapolis’s Southwest Line Again (Star Tribune) Cincy Transit Leaders Resign as Pressure Builds to Improve SORTA (WCPO) Dedicated Bus Lane Cuts Boston Trip Time by Four Minutes (Globe) Dallas Considers Regulating Dockless Bike-Share (Morning News) Ann Arbor Master Plan Includes Three-Mile, $55M Urban […]

Positive Train Control Could Have Stopped Amtrak Derailment (Crosscut) Only 5 Percent of U.S. Commuters Use Transit (Bloomberg) Columbus Bus Drivers Take a Stand Against Autonomous Transit (Next City) Philadelphia Shows Activism Is Essential to Achieving Vision Zero (Metro) Slate: Cities’ Messy Bike-Share Wars Will Be Worth It Report: Metro Trains Aren’t Causing Mysterious Vibrations […]

Speeding Amtrak Train Derails in Washington, Killing Three and Injuring Dozens (NYT) Trump Touts Infrastructure Plan But Proposed Budget Would Cut Amtrak Funds (ABC) VA Gov. McAuliffe Proposes Additional $150M for D.C. Metro (WTOP) Does Dallas Have the Street Infrastructure to Handle Influx of Bike-Shares? (D Magazine) Board Recommends $1 Fare for Oklahoma City Streetcar […]

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Dead on Arrival (NY Mag) Dems Running for Maryland Governor Oppose Hogan’s Freeway Plan (WTOP) 12-Mile St. Paul-Minneapolis Airport Streetcar Advances Past Initial Review (Star Tribune) Oklahoma City Streetcar Plan Includes Pedestrian Safety Measures (KFOR) Albuquerque Officials Worried Feds Will Cut Funding for BRT (KOAT) Seattle’s Dockless Bikes Will Stay Through […]