Monday’s Headlines Pick Up Where They Left Off

• Electric pickup trucks may spew fewer emissions than gas-powered models, but they’re still harmful to the environment and dangerous to pedestrians due to their heavy batteries and sheer size. (BBC)
• Tesla’s “Autopilot” feature isn’t meant to be full self-driving, but some Tesla owners are using their vehicles as de facto Uber and Lyft robotaxis. (Reuters)
• Highway construction costs have tripled in the past 20 years and rose almost 10 percent in the past year alone. (Eno Center for Transportation)
• Modular roundabouts are cheaper than traditional construction methods and can be installed more quickly. (Equipment World)
• Compact argues that, if progressives want to pass initiatives like congestion pricing, they need to prove that, like Robert Moses, they can get things done.
• New safety rules have reduced the number of e-bike fires in New York City buildings. (NY Times)
• Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard proved that speed cameras prevent crashes and deaths. (Next City)
• Better transit in the Atlanta suburbs could help households cope with the rising cost of housing by reducing transportation costs. (Civic Circle)
• A Vision Zero task force in Indianapolis will convene for the first time later this month. (Recorder)
• Colorado broke ground on its first bus rapid transit line, along East Colfax Avenue in Denver. (CBS News)
• Twin Cities suburbs are reducing their minimum parking requirements. (Star Tribune)
• Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s vision of Vision Zero is a zero-tolerance approach to traffic violations. (Houston Chronicle)
• San Antonio transit agency Via is pushing a small tax on phone plans to fund transit. (News4SA)
• D Magazine tells Dallas to sweep the dang bike lanes.
• It’s a Pacific Northwest feud as one Seattle writer scoffs at Portland’s paltry downtown bike lanes. (BikePortland, Seattle Bike Blog)

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