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, Virginia is studying a permanent outdoor dining program.
Upsidedown: A federal proposal would give billions for new electric vehicles, but e-bike incentives remain in doubt.
Fare-free: In Albuquerque, transit will go fare-free for a year.
Optimistic: King County Homelessness Authority’s new executive director Marc Dones does a new interview ($).
Expropriation: Berlin may expropriate large scale landlords for affordable housing units.
Be like Virginia: Virginia continues to improve intercity passenger rail ($).
Pedestrian malls: CityLab charts the rise and fall of the American pedestrian mall.
End of the road: King County’s bicycle helmet law may be on its way out.
Extension: Washington Governor Jay Inslee has extended his eviction moratorium bridge program.
Ending Single-Family Zoning: California has effectively ended single-family only zoning in cities.
Adapting: How are downtown businesses adapting to the reality of fewer daily office workers?
Not always easy: Active transportation isn’t exactly easy and sometimes requires extra planning ($).
Still expanding roads: San Diego has made a modal promise to shift away from cars, so why is it expanding roads?
Remove highways: Removal of highways can improve neighborhoods blighted by racist policies, says a Planetizen op-ed.
Slowing progress: Philadelphia’s council president wants to stall out development approvals by the city’s board of zoning adjustments.
Blind spots: The Biden administration’s heat island strategy ignores cars, Streetsblog says.
Gigaton of savings: Congress’ reconciliation bill could save a gigaton of carbon emissions.
Early adopter: Bend, Oregon is the first city in the state to comply with new housing and zoning reform legislation.
Recreational buys: Did people buy cars during the pandemic just for recreation?
Talk about health: Streetsblog explains why transit planners need to talk about public health.
Secure bike parking: A new public secure bike storage program is coming to Jersey City.
Addressing homelessness: The Biden administration is aiming to help local governments address homelessness.
Bike and public space: In Portland’s Old Town, leaders see bike lanes and public space activation as keys to recovery.
Redlining: How did redlining really play out?
A tragedy: A worker on the convention center expansion in Seattle died last week.
Idaho Stop CA: An Idaho Stop law in California is awaiting final approval from the governor.
Still behind: Over 60,000 Seattle area renters are behind on their rent ($).
New development: The Madison Valley may get a small scale infill development on E Madison Street. Meanwhile, a nine-story mixed-use building is planned for Capitol Hill.
Safer crossing: Portland is starting work on a new safe bike crossing of I-405.
A coast at risk: An op-ed explains why Texas needs its $29 billion coastal protection plan implemented.
Increased cap: The Biden administration is significantly increasing the refugee cap ($).
Zero-driving community: What’s a zero-driving community?
Child-friendly neighborhoods: In an op-ed, Caitlin Rogger argues that a car-friendly neighborhood isn’t a child-friendly neighborhood.
