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Thursday’s Headlines Face Our Fears

  • House Republicans’ transportation and housing budget would cut transit funding by $1.3 billion, cut Amtrak funding by $300 million, block congestion pricing in New York City and prohibit federal funding for the California high-speed rail line. (Smart Cities Dive)
  • About two-thirds of drivers would be OK with their vehicles letting them know when they exceed the speed limit, according to a new survey. (Government Technology)
  • More setbacks for driverless cars: GM has shelved its Cruise autonomous shuttle van (Engadget). And Tesla lost $90 billion on the stock market after Elon Musk announced the latest Robotaxi delay (New York Magazine).
  • A Houston neighborhood that was gutted by Interstate 10 is fighting back against further widening. (Houston Landing)
  • At least one Houston city council member is skeptical of the Metro’s investment in microtransit. (Houston Public Media)
  • Dallas is considering lowering speed limits in residential neighborhoods from 30 to 25 miles per hour. (Fox 4)
  • An event in Nashville Monday served as the unofficial launch for Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transportation referendum campaign. (Axios)
  • Detroit residents are realizing that better transit is good for jobs and growth. (Free Press)
  • Minneapolis has a backlog of 850 requested traffic-calming projects. (Minnesota Daily)
  • The Maryland DOT launched a pilot program to replace gas taxes with a mileage-based user fee. (WMAR)
  • Wynkoop near Coors Field could become Denver’s latest “car lite” street. (Denverite)
  • The University of Michigan appears to be serious about building an elevated rail line connecting its multiple Ann Arbor campuses. (MLive)
  • Spain developed a new kind of speed camera specially made to catch drivers who brake when they spot the device, then speed back up again. (The Mayor)
  • A thousand Germans have agreed to relinquish their drivers’ licenses in exchange for free public transportation passes. (Yahoo)


source https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/07/25/thursdays-headlines-face-our-fears
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