Cali rules: Following California’s vehicle emissions rule standards, more than a dozen states could follow suit. Non-drivers are future: Anna Zivarts argues that non-drivers are the future. Public bathrooms: San Francisco’s Tenderloin makes a compelling case for public bathroom programs. High housing costs: A very large share of
Boston’s bike mayor: Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu is a bike commuter and planning a big rollout of protected bike lanes this year. Ground-floor retail: What is the future of ground-floor retail? Pre-approved plans: South Bend is supporting pre-approved house plans. Opposition to landmarks: Denver is making it easier
Regulate cars: New York may regulate vehicle speed and size in a big way. A federal legislator also wants to tackle car safety. Foot traffic: Portland is seeing a rebound in foot traffic. Boosting service: Spokane Transit Authority has boosted service. Idahome: Idaho’s growth is changing demographics quickly. Ferry
SCL rate hikes: Seattle City Light is proposing rate hikes of about 4.5% per year for 2023 and 2034 ($). Improvement grants: Portland’s Trimet is getting a lot of state funding for improvement, how should it spend it? Car bill: With a climate bill loss, advocates turn to other
Rendering better streets: A Twitter user is using the professional version of DALL-E to render better streets in cities. New WMATA leader: Washington, D.C.’s transit agency has a new leader taking up the mantle to get it back in order ($). Loos for people: Public access to restrooms is
Vancity: Vancouver has adopted a plan that will grow the city about 260,000 people by 2050. Good or bad: San Francisco vetoes a big housing measure that might have actually stifled housing construction ($). Skagit electric ferry: An electric ferry for Skagit County is nearing construction. Housing tax strategies: British
Safetyville: How has Hoboken ended traffic fatalities and how is going to end traffic injuries? : A person biking was killed last night near West Seattle with the driver murderer fleeing the scene. Different planets: What’s the connection between transit policymakers and transit riders? Build the housing: People attribute homelessness
A housing czar: Does the Biden administration need a housing czar? Delayed: Dublin’s first metro line may be delayed now until 2034. Public order problems: Many American cities face public order problems on transit. €9 ticket: How is Germany’s €9 ticket for public transit going? Tunnel vision: Austin
Fast electric ferries: Stockholm is getting the world’s fastest electric passenger ferries. Montlake Playfield revamp: Under a unique agreement, Seattle Prep is replacing the turf at Montlake Playfield. Fiscal cliff: Governing sheds light on how many American transit agencies are facing a fiscal cliff. Fires and crashes: Fires temporarily
Broadway Plan: Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been approved. Diversion: States are diverting road safety money away from safety programs. Chi tree canopy: Boosters in Chicago want the city to increase tree planting and tree canopy. Federal housing funding: The Biden administration wants to increase funding for supportive housing programs.
Out of touch: A study shows that transit governing boards do not reflect the riders that they serve (hello, Sound Transit). Co-living banned: In Oklahoma city, co-living rentals have been banned. Better bus streets: Chicago is pursuing a better streets for buses program. Rebounding ridership: Houston’s transit ridership has
Security theater: New York City’s mayor wants to roll out security theater on the subway with metal detectors. Streamlining affordable housing: Victoria has eliminated the need for public hearings for affordable housing rezones. Faregates and fares: Vancouver is spending another $200 million on fare system and faregate upgrades. Expanding
Build housing: Previous contributor to The Urbanist Ron Davis says that the only way to solve homelessness is to build more homes. TOD WMATA: Washington, D.C. wants to develop TOD around stations to spur ridership. Burien keeps on: Despite a lawsuit, Burien remains committed to building a permanent supportive
SB 5528: With passage of enabling legislation, Seattle could speed up construction of light rail extensions. Pit to tower: Across from Seattle City Hall, an empty pit is said to soon start seeing construction of a tower ($). We also noted construction preparations earlier this month. Urban renewal: Boston’s new
Pandemic-era places: Atlanta is removing a pandemic-era experiment of a people-oriented Peachtree Street. Meanwhile, Portland is making a pedestrian street plaza permanent. Obsolete sewers: Grist details how many cities spend billions on new sewage systems, but their designs may already be obsolete. Toxic districts: Dallas could impose zoning changes in
Quiet zone: Paris’s “quiet zone” is set to move forward, calming central neighborhoods of car traffic. Disastrous environmental review: In California, a new bill would exempt housing constructed by state colleges from environmental review ($) in response to a crisis environmental review law has created. Subway shelter: In Ukraine, subways
No problem: Fayetteville hasn’t has minimum parking requirements for six years, so how is that going? Fare-free February: In the Salt Lake City area, the region’s transit agency has been offering fare-free transit and has seen some positive ridership results. Gas gimmicks: California Democrats aren’t as enthusiastic
Mount Baker Station: Community members want to activate the Mount Baker Station area. Indigenous housing: Crosscut profiles a Chief Seattle Club housing project in Pioneer Square. Bored to fail: San Jose’s Seattle-esque subway expansion has hit another snag with another delay, possibly to 2034. Inclusionary zoning: Philadelphia now has
Strip malls: Sightline dives into how strip malls could house a lot of people. Revised estimates: The California high-speed rail got a little more pricey. House New York: New York’s state legislature is debating zoning changes for housing. RapidRide J: Ryan Packer reports on the latest RapidRide J Line
Safe Systems: The United States’ transportation department has outlined a plan to combat traffic injuries and deaths ($). But what’s missing from it? Inequitable transportation: Portland streets are dangerous – plus, the majority of pedestrian deaths were among people experiencing homelessness. Mobility Bill of Rights: Does America need a “Mobility Bill
Zoning for housing: Bend rezoned single-family areas and has seen a sharp increase in housing production. Choice remains: In Alaska, the state supreme court has upheld a voter-approved ranked choice voting system. 2022 starts: Yonah Freemark has updated his planned construction and openings of transit lines in North America for
Car-free Berlin: Berlin advocates are proposing a car-free area bigger than Manhattan. De-leading: Washington, D.C. wants to eliminate lead pipes by 2030 but the plan isn’t fully funded. Rent control: The Stranger talks about the latest rumblings on rent control in Seattle. Whiners: Governors of the anti-democracy party
Edmonds anti-streatery: Edmonds’ new streatery policy appears to be scaring businesses off and risks the future of a permanent program ($). Manhattan rezones: New York City finally approved a rezone of Soho and Noho. Ocean Drive drives again: Miami’s Ocean Drive will partially reopen to cars after a Covid-era conversion
Pedestrian streets: Ellensburg is considering how it might pedestrianize streets. Missouri: Missouri River Runner Amtrak service is getting cutting back to one daily trip between Kansas City and St. Louis because of Republican funding opposition. St. Louis is also in trouble for suspending federally-backed trolley service. However, a study to
1974: Multifamily housing construction is the highest since 1974. Not like the recession: Shelterforce discusses how the pandemic housing market is not like the Great Recession housing market. People streets: The pandemic encouraged people-oriented streets, but will they stick around? City Hall Park: Some business and county leaders say that
Be excited: Rep. Peter DeFazio (Oregon – 4th District), a longtime advocate for transit and biking, is retiring, but he has a positive message for sustainable transportation advocates. Connecting communities: Could the transportation funding law help remove the scars of highways? Clear bike lanes: Portland has a bike lane sweeper, but
Side streets: Why should cities be upzoning side streets? Garbage: Seattle and King County are suing each other over garbage ($). Success: San Diego’s extended light rail is already proclaimed a success. Nudges: Even where plastic bag fees and bans are prohibited, cities can use other nudges to reduce their
Unblock bus stops: San Francisco will ensure that cars stop parking in bus zones. Septic systems: Fixing septic systems is key to protecting Puget Sound shellfish, Crosscut reports. No extension: King County’s homelessness authority won’t extend a hotel contract in Seattle. 500,000: Los Angeles has adopted policy
Parking craters: America just celebrated Black Friday, so how well were the seas of parking used? Atlanta’s segregationist enclave: A white enclave in Atlanta has urges to secede over zoning laws that could allow more families to live in their community. Vancouver TOD: Vancouver is going through public engagement
Stop sprawl: A city in Ontario turned down a massive urban growth boundary expansion and instead favored urban infill. IBR persists: A key vote in the Portland area removed one roadblock to a major highway expansion. Car-sized housing: CityLab explores why Hong Kong is building housing units the size of
Stop the IBR: A coalition is trying to fight back against a big highway expansion on the Columbia River. Running dry: New golf courses in Las Vegas won’t be able to get water from the Colorado River. Good performance: Progressives made some impressive gains in South King County races.
Week Without Driving: The Everett Herald ($), Real Change News, and The Stranger talk about Disability Rights Washington’s Week Without Driving campaign. East Side Access: For the first time, New York’s Long Island Rail Road arrived into Grand Central Terminal via the East Side Access. Canada caps: Canada will
20-lane nightmare: Austin is not very excited about a proposed 20-lane highway. Delayed: The West Seattle and Ballard Link DEIS will be further delayed. Go green: What are climate policies that cities should adopt? Back to transit: A new Seattle dad finds his way back to transit because of his
Questionable noise: The use of sirens on emergency vehicles may do more harm than good ($). Carless: Households without cars in America may be more common than you think. Art at CPA: What’s the state of art at Climate Pledge Arena? Lesson from Berlin: Next City outlines four things American
Grounded rail: In Washington, D.C., an entire category of subway cars have been grounded over derailment concerns. Complex Empire: What will New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul do about the Penn Station complex now that her predecessor is gone? Pricing choices: Switzerland conducted an interesting study on travel habits
Zero-emissions district: A Norwegian city is planning a district as completely zero-emissions. Planning for all: How can less car-centric planning benefit rural areas, too? Not recreational camping: As the housing crisis persists in the Western US, people are finding refuge in forests. Gold standard: Bike Portland opines about Paris’ prestigious
No more raids: Greyhound has made an agreement with Washington’s attorney general to stop warrantless and no-cause ICE sweeps on buses. Planning ahead: Pittsburg’s transit agency has charted a 25-year growth plan. Rising ridership: New York City’s subway continues to see ridership recovery. Permanent program: Arlington County,
Rebranding SEPTA: Philadelphia’s transit agency has developed a new package of signage, maps, and wayfinding. Overselling, under delivering: WSDOT is trying to vastly oversell a highway expansion project in Spokane and local residents are setting the record straight. Pandemic commutes: What happened to Seattle area commutes during the pandemic
A lot to upgrade: Amtrak has its work cut out for it to making all stations accessible to people with disabilities ($). Charging station issues: What’s wrong with a federal plan for 500,000 public electric vehicle car charging stations? BIA formation hiccup: Why are some businesses on 15th Avenue
Still hiring: Amazon is hiring another 12,500 workers in Seattle ($). A second station: Capitol Hill nearly got second light rail station but those hopes were dashed. Trading away transit: Jeff Davis of Eno Transportation explains how transit got traded away in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Houston’s sprawl: Can
Evicted: The federal eviction ban has been struck down ($) and New York’s eviction ban was tossed out. Wall Street also wants to hasten evictions. The wise choice: Houston’s transit agency is moving ahead with transit projects despite budget issues. The flip side: The federal reconciliation bill could go
No parking minimums: St. Paul has eliminated car parking minimums. Should other cities follow suit? Tragic fire: A tragic Tukwila apartment fire killed three residents and gutted the building ($). Environmental regulation is back: The Biden administration is acting on regulation of a bad pesticide that can impact the food supply
Booming cities: New York City grew by 629,000 residents over the past decade ($). The Washington Post tracked where many cities are growing spatially. Fate of Great Highway: After a big success as a people street, San Francisco’s reopening the Great Highway to car traffic ($), but advocates are pushing
Delivery by bike: In some cities, cargo bikes could deliver parcels quicker and less carbon-intensively than traditional vans. Oasis in a desert: Do water parks really belong in the desert? Just add bollards: To make spaces safer for pedestrians, bollards can be a good solution. Amtrak priorities: The bipartisan infrastructure
Reducing poverty: Federal assistance over the past year has led to a huge drop in poverty across demographics, but particularly for children ($). Dirty school buses: Americans want green school buses, but the new federal funding plans cut them back. Missing middle VA: Greater Greater Washington looks at how missing middle
Circuitous train: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is getting his circuitous LaGuardia Airport train after all ($). Public space remade: Providence is rethinking how to do public space across the city. Permanent program: San Francisco is keeping parklets and street cafés, having made them permanent ($). Bad rap: Paul Krugman argues that
Free transit: Katie Wilson of the Transit Riders Union talks free transit. NEC improvements: There’s a new plan for the Northeast Corridor that could improve passenger service. Rebuild or not: Should Washington, D.C. rebuild the pedestrian bridge that recently collapsed over an urban highway? Revamping Burrard: In Vancouver,
Clean electrification: David Roberts emphasizes the importance of clean electrification as a means to combat climate change. Redevelopment plans: Plans are still underway for redevelopment of a Capitol Hill Safeway property. Open again: On Sunday, the Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library will reopen. Tree inequity: Mapping exposes
Banned: Brussels plans to ban diesel cars by 2030 and gasoline cars by 2035. Control costs: Why does American rail infrastructure cost so much? Heat dome effects: The heat dome last week was heavily straining and damaging infrastructure ($). User doesn’t pay: The national principle of making road users pay
More housing: The Biden administration has a simple message and that is to build more housing. Gas station moratorium: Rancho Cucamonga has put a temporary moratorium on new gas stations. New Orleans reinvestment: A mixed-used mega-development district is planned for New Orleans. Deflating: Lumber prices are falling back to Earth
AFFH: The Biden administration is bringing back the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule ($). TOD zoning: The Crenshaw Line moves forward in Los Angeles and Inglewood could rezone around stations. Bike Boise: Separated bike lanes could be coming to Boise. A bubble?: Is America in a housing bubble? Population decline issues:
Final section: Construction on the final section of the East Lake Sammamish Trail has begun. 2,000 passes: Seattle will offer up to 2,000 workers in certain industries in Chinatown-International District six months of free transit passes. All cars kill: Electric vehicles may be more dangerous to people walking
8,550: Out of millions of on-street parking spaces, New York City transformed 8,550 for outdoor dining space during the pandemic. New digs: In Everett, residents are moving into the new Compass Health apartment building and benefiting from treatment ($). Stalled: What’s been happening with the $45 billion in
Demographic shifts: Life spans have gone up hugely in the last century ($), but population growth globally has slowed down quickly and could be a problem going forward ($). China’s child policy is being changed to allow families to have up to three children as the country heads into a demographics
Parking’s drawbacks: How does parking destroy cities? Imagine that: A study indicates that cities better serving women bicyclists have more bicycling overall. Slowed down: Plans to speed up buses in New York City have been slowed down. Dueling or complimentary?: It’s not exactly clear what might happen with
Furthering fair housing: The Biden administration is bringing back fair housing rules that were scrapped by the previous administration ($). Thank goodness: IndyGo bus rapid transit in Indianapolis will still get funding from the state after an anti-transit bill failed. Tiny house town: A massive tiny house village expansion in Austin
Climate’s on the agenda: President Joe Biden has pledged a 50% cut in carbon emissions by 2030 ($). China and the United States have also made a bilateral climate commitment. Flush with cash: With federal assistance rolling in, cities see funding as a chance to reinvent and move ahead ($). Skid
Street Moves: Rubén Casas says that Sweden’s “Street Moves” program could provide a collaborative, community-driven model for Puget Sound in remaking streets. Parking minimums: How would a California bill impact residential parking requirements? Busted again: Initiative fraudster Tim Eyman is hit with fines and fees topping $2.9 million
Northgate Link opening: Sound Transit has announced that the Northgate Link extension will open on October 2nd ($). E Union St: In Capitol Hill, E Union St will get protected bike lanes this month. Keeping the fountain: A project to keep the water fountain at Cal Anderson Park intact will move
Zoner-in-Chief: President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes language about grants for local jurisdictions to end exclusionary zoning practices and parking minimums. Proceeds: Oregon’s bike tax has sent over $11 million to off-street paths. London by bus: Looking at London, what can bus-only lanes and camera enforcement do
Racial justice lens: Texas shows how the new Biden administration is more likely to respond to racial justice concerns with transportation projects. Catching up: Crosscut highlights how racial groups that had been lagging in vaccination rates are catching up. New traffic manual: Advocates are saying that the federal government needs
Grocery boom: Spending on groceries has shot up a lot during the pandemic in the Seattle area ($). Toronto’s Quayside: With Google’s Sidewalk Labs out, Toronto is pursuing new suitors for a smart city redevelopment of Quayside. Public broadband: Washington could be headed for public broadband, but will it
Mass vaccinating Seattle: A new mass vaccination site has opened Lumen Field with promise of more than 150,000 vaccinations per week ($) when it’s fully operational with staff and doses. Racist highway expansion: The federal government is reviewing civil rights complaints against Texas’ highway expansion plan in Houston. Ghost
Go vote: Go vote in the King County Conservation District election. Cameras save: New data from Chicago shows that red light cameras can save lives. MD monorail?: A monorail could be feasible on the I-270 corridor in Maryland ($). Less asphalt: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says that city transportation should “right-size”
Berkeley reforming zoning?: Berkeley could be on path to eliminating single-family-only zoning by the end of 2022. Unserious party: An unserious Republican proposal would add taxes to transit and bikes ($) to raise money for highways in Washington. Mobility map app: Google Maps could start helping users pay for transit fares
Repeal Faircloth: The Faircloth Amendment is still on the books. What does that mean for public housing? Parked out: Car ownership rates have peaked in Seattle, but only one other of the ten densest major cities in America has a higher rate of car ownership ($). Helmet review begins: King County
Anti-discrimination policy: The Biden administration’s housing department is barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination practices in the housing market. Good, not great: Streetsblog says House Congressional support for transit is good but not great. It’s about lending: Sightline argues that the problem with American housing policy is that it’s not
This one makes sense: Simon Fraser University students want an aerial gondola to reach the mountainous enclave college as a last-mile solution from SkyTrain. Toxic executive: With Jeff Bezos stepping down, he leaves a toxic legacy behind with his dirty business. Bullet train: A Baltimore-to-Washington, D.C. maglev train study
Phase 2: Many counties in the Puget Sound region have moved to Phase 2 reopening ($) under Governor Jay Inslee’s new orders. Induced demand: A new paper suggests that more parking puts more cars on the road. Slow street recovery: Can a network of slow street speed pandemic recovery? State
TO cut backs: Despite earlier expansion ambitions, Toronto’s subway expansion plans have been cut back again. Mass vaccination: Bloomberg CityLab looks at what kinds of facilities may serve as mass Covid vaccination sites. NHTSA’s next head: A Californian technician is set to become the next head of the
1990 levels: A report claims that carbon emissions have plummeted below 1990 levels due to the pandemic. Still, people driving are the top polluters. Highway removal money: Congress could wind up considering $10 billion for highway removal projects. Beg buttons: San Francisco advocates are urging the removal of “beg buttons”
Housing people: King County is planning to purchase hotels to permanently house people experiencing homelessness. Failing gigs: With a new law on the books legitimizing gig workers as independent contractors, some California grocery stores fire their company delivery staff. Just peachy: With both Georgia United States Senate races in the
Missing the commute: If you’re working from home and missing your commute, you’re probably not alone ($). Doubling down: Germany is planning to align railway schedules across the country for faster journey times and new high-speed rail lines. Clean water: With rollbacks of the Clean Water Act by the
Broader history: The National Register of Historic Places is very White, but it could use some broadening for non-White history ($). Montréal’s RER: Montréal is planning a major light rail expansion. TPA streetcar: Florida has awarded Tampa a large grant to expand the city’s streetcar system. Special permits: New
Stretch dollars further: America can afford to build a lot more rail-based transit than projects are delivering. Security exploited: As cities require landlords to accept alternative security deposit options, a new industry is cropping up to support it but are there exploitative drawbacks to this? Loser no one wants: Locals
Fighting a tax: Seattle’s chamber of commerce is suing the City over a new payroll tax on wealthy companies. HUD pick: President-elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge as nominee to lead the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Renton’s misguided bill: Renton is moving
Housing hope: In Southwest Snohomish County, Housing Hope is looking at sites for affordable housing ($). Regrettable error: The West Point wastewater treatment facility in Magnolia had another short accidental overflow of sewage this week. Shelter debate: The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has weighed in on the Renton shelter debate.
Threatening cuts: Transit in New York City is facing a dire situation where service could be cut by 40%, but is the threat real or just political? More than tiny houses: Erica C. Barnett knocks back Danny Westneat’s just-do-some-tiny-houses “solution” to the homelessness crisis. Barnett also has the skinny
Flimsy: Drunk walking statistics are built on flimsy conclusions. Stop drunk drivers: Meanwhile, the federal government is finally looking at technology to fight drunk driving. Lift a finger: If Congress doesn’t act to save transit from the pandemic, will New York Governor Andrew Cuomo lift a finger to save
New restrictions: Washington Governor Jay Inslee is imposing new Covid restrictions on social gatherings, bars and restaurants, retail businesses, and leisure activities ($). The Governor is also asking for less out-of-state travel and corresponding travel quarantine. Covid taskforce: President-elect Joe Biden has announced a taskforce to address Covid ($). Affordable commercial space:
Our next president: Joe Biden will become America’s next president ($). Celebration: Seattleites celebrated the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Capitol Hill. The Gov: Jay Inslee has won reelection for a third term to govern Washington. Rail authority: Virginia’s new passenger rail authority just met for
Vote Save America: If you haven’t voted yet, it’s not too late to do so to vote for Democrats up and down the ballot to protect our fragile democracy. Vote Save America has the ins and outs on how you can participate. Make sure you follow all instructions
Electoral politics: Crosscut dispels misinformation on voting in Washington and Oregon and explains how Washington can finally do away with gerrymandering. Environmental terrorism administration: The New York Times lays out a long list of rules that the Trump administration is undoing to worsen environmental outcomes ($) in America. Highways damage climate:
Intra-party challenge: Two Democrats are going head-to-head for the open Lt. Governor position in Washington. CA rent control: California has another statewide rent control measure on the ballot ($). Housing for all: King County has passed a small sales tax that will raise money for housing geared toward people experiencing homelessness.
Lower BC HSR: Could a high-speed rail line between Whistler and Chilliwack via Vancouver become a reality? Failing workers: According to a study, late-night transit is failing non-white night shift workers in America. Better Naito Forever: Better Naito, a bikeway along the waterfront in Downtown Portland, has received permanent approval.
Reducing poverty: Forty-four European cities are pledging €14 billion in funding to alleviate poverty and social exclusion. Rent crisis: Overdue rent is piling up and could balloon to $34 billion nationally by the new year. Katie Wilson says that Washington renters need assistance before eviction moratoriums lift. Wrong way: Road
Progressive leadership: For the first time, Democrats have formed a majority on Philadelphia’s regional transit agency. LRT in Kent: Light rail construction in Kent begins to take shape. South Boston redevelopment: A mega-project could transform a bayside area of South Boston. NC’s HSR grant: North Carolina has received
Structurally opposed to cities: The United States Senate is structurally set up against urban areas and in particularly large cities, effectively giving a third of their electoral power to rural areas. Highway removal: Utrecht is restoring a historic canal by removing an old 1970s highway segment. King County migration: During
FB goes east: Facebook is buying REI’s corporate digs in Bellevue’s Spring District. Marysville masterplan: Marysville wants feedback on what people think of the city center ($) in order to update a masterplan. Biketown 2.0: Portland’s Biketown bikeshare expansion has been implemented with upgrades to e-bikes. Food
Slow start: Two years later, Minneapolis’ zoning reform is slow to deliver on triplexes. Over-talked narrative: The media is obsessed with the “death of the city” narrative. Cafe streets: Streetsblog Chicago says that Chicago’s cafe streets have been a huge success and should stay. Arena district redevelopment: A Philadelphia
Parochial ax-grinding: Mercer Island is fighting over planned facilities supporting light rail again. Gentle density: A bill in California would allow duplexes on most urban single-family lots ($). CLT in Spokane: Spokane is getting a new cross-laminated timber office building. Trump’s elections tampering: A federal judge has ordered that the
More ferry trips: Washington State Ferries is restoring service to pre-pandemic levels on some ferry routes. Heroes: Some postal workers in Washington are defying orders and restoring sorting machines to operational use. Altering ecosystems: According to researchers at the University of Washington, racism and redlining has also hurt wildlife. Conflicting
HSR growth: China charts a course to double the length of the nation’s high-speed rail network by 2035. Change car culture: How investment in transit could reduce the need for traffic enforcement policing. Mail tampering: The federal administration is trying to removed hundreds of mail sorting machines and tons
More JUMPs: Lime has added another 1,500 JUMP bikes in Seattle. Dam removal: With another dam removal, Washington has 37 miles more salmon habitat restored ($). Street dining: Everett has made it much easier to permit outdoor dining spaces in the street ($). Sloppy work: In a bizarre move, the United
LAX-LAS: A private passenger rail service is poised to launch next year between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. 15-minute cities: Top mayors are pledging to build 15-minute cities. Pushed out: As gentrification happened in Seattle, a quarter of residents were pushed out ($). Caltrain sagas: The Caltrain saga continues with disagreement
Open top buses: In London, a tour bus company wants to use open top buses for commuters. AFFH Rule row: The occupant of the White House wants to undo a prominent federal fair housing rule, but what is his real motivations in doing so? Saving Caltrain: A rescue plan for
Inadequate: The CARES Act has come up short for transit and existing formulas for funding are inadequate. Scott Walker’s ghost: Wisconsin’s Democratic governor is still moving forward with a misguided highway expansion project. The real looters: Neoliberalism has been a period of extreme looting of American prosperity ($). Skip
Washington eviction wave: A large wave of evictions are likely in much of Washington next month if existing state moratoriums expire. Pipes blocked: Two major pipeline projects in America have been blocked. Dining piazzas: New York City is creating “piazzas” for outdoor dining on city streets in the age of
Travel banned: The European Union will continue to bar Americans from entering due to the uncontrolled pandemic at home ($). Mexico has also closed the border along Arizona to Americans. Masks required: Businesses in Washington will need to begin turning away customers next week if they don’t wear a face
Bus project scope creep: Despite bigger plans for bus priority on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, officials have thrown up their hands for lower quality upgrade. Walk and bike NYC: Big and better changes for bikes on the Brooklyn Bridge are under discussion in New York City. Meanwhile, a