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Wednesday’s Headlines Go Small

  • Automakers are shifting toward smaller electric vehicles with lighter batteries, but will the SUV-loving American public buy them? (The Atlantic; paywall)
  • Republicans continue to rail against electric vehicles even though EVs align with many GOP objectives, like low fuel costs, lower taxes and energy independence. (Motor Trend)
  • U.S. roads take up a ton of valuable land that could be used for housing instead. (Streetsblog USA)
  • New York City residents who visited Paris for the Olympics saw firsthand the benefits of encouraging biking over driving. (NY Times)
  • Only a third of San Antonio’s bus stops have shelters to shade riders from sweltering heat. (San Antonio Report)
  • Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson mentioned the destruction of a Black neighborhood to make way for interstates during a brief DNC speech about the Biden administration’s infrastructure law. (Urban Milwaukee)
  • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is backing away from a city environmental plan’s goal of cutting car trips nearly in half. (Greater Greater Washington)
  • Philadelphia will close some streets to cars every Sunday in September to see how it affects businesses. (WHYY)
  • Portland transit agency TriMet is shifting late-night light rail service to buses and making numerous other changes to the system. (Oregonian)
  • Houston Metro officials said they’re replacing a damaged sidewalk they removed near a school, which some residents took as another sign of deprioritizing pedestrians. (Chron)
  • The Arizona Republic profiles a Phoenix transit worker who was featured in a Kamala Harris campaign video shown at the DNC.


source https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/28/wednesdays-headlines-go-small-2
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