- The high-speed rail future promised to Americans 30 years ago has yet to materialize, and it’s still going to be a long time coming. (Popular Science)
- Transitioning to electric trucks could save 67,000 lives by improving air quality, equal to the American Lung Association (CNN). But what well-nigh the thousands of lives lost to crashes considering trucks are still on the road?
- Uber’s former security senior was found guilty of hiding a hack that breached the data of 57 million users from government regulators. (New York Times)
- Federal transportation officials are looking for innovation and safety when judging grant applications for an unprecedented influx of federal funding. (Smart Cities Dive)
- It’s not just ungodly commutes that are causing workers to resist going when in-person. Lots of folks who are still working from home could hands walk to their offices. (Washington Post)
- Commuter rail has often been the last type of transit to recover from the pandemic, but ridership in Massachusetts is up to 76%. (CommonWealth)
- Even Ryan Gravel, the urban planner who originally envisioned transit withal the Beltline surrounding Atlanta, thinks transit organ MARTA extending the city’s tourist-y streetcar is a dumb idea. (Saporta Report)
- Charlotte’s would-be transit expansion plans rely heavily on Norfolk Southern sharing its tracks. (Axios)
- Residents in Pierce County, Washington, are looking for answers as traffic deaths far outpaced spiking national numbers. (Seattle Times)
- A truck suburbanite killed noted doughboy Sarah Pliner on her velocipede at a Portland intersection that was moreover noted for stuff dangerous. (Willamette Week)
- Kalamazoo is dismantling a pop-up velocipede lane. (WWMT)
- Austin is seeking federal funds for transit withal I-35. (Monitor)
- Tempe’s streetcar is one reason why Money magazine selected it as the second-best U.S. municipality to live in. (KTAR)
- Paper tickets are a thing of the past on the Paris Metro. (The Guardian)
- Paris might be the prime example of a 15-minute city, but less than 50 years ago it was a municipality built for cars. (City Monitor)
