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Wednesday’s Headlines 7/8/20

- Denver’s new climate action vision could lead to a very different Denver - RTD solicits short, long-term areas of focus from riders - Cities Are Even Worse For Women Than You Might Imagine

July 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

STEAL THIS IDEA: States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program

Subsidizing e-bikes is a no-brainer in the best of times — and in a pandemic, it could be a life-saver.

July 8, 2020

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Tuesday’s Headlines 7/7/20

- Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops - Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? - A Mapped Guide to the 10 Best 1-Hour Walks in Denver

July 7, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Plazas

Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops

Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.

July 6, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia

The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.

July 6, 2020

Today's Headlines

- Why Bus-Loving Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Transit to Be Free - Fearing a supposed ‘autonomous zone,’ Denver police used weapons to oust people from Civic Center Park - McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill,' which sounds...great

July 6, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Senate

McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’

Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]

July 2, 2020

Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines 7/2/20

- Five Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act - These 4 Maps Show How RTD’s Bus Service Could Change (And Shrink) Next Year - Link E-scooters Might Shake out the Kinks Holding Back Micromobility

July 2, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Federal Funding

Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act

The House reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if it passes, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S. The Moving Forward Act is a massive, $1.5-trillion bill that will have sweeping implications for housing, climate change, water, and land use in addition […]

July 1, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Homelessness

When Highway Overpasses Become Housing

The evection of unhoused people underneath a highway overpass in St. Louis race is serious questions, not only about city policy, but about a national trend of criminalizing people without homes.

July 1, 2020

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Wednesday’s Headlines 7/8/20

STEAL THIS IDEA: States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program

Tuesday’s Headlines 7/7/20

Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops

Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia

Monday’s Headlines 7/6/20

McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’

Thursday’s Headlines 7/2/20

Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act

When Highway Overpasses Become Housing