Wednesday’s Headlines

Road diets don't slow emergency response; E-bikes are changing family life; Bad sidewalks are costing cities $$$; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on July 24, 2024

Baltimore City Fire Department made a video intending to show that narrow streets cause problems for their trucks and ladders. But it ended up demonstrating the opposite. Image via YouTube

Study: Road diets don’t slow emergency response times (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
E-bikes are changing the lives of families (SF Gate)
E-bikes can do a lot more than people think (Clean Technica)
Messed-up sidewalks are costing SF millions in lawsuits (SF Standard)
San Diego to vote on a 1-cent tax hike in November, with a promise that it’s for transportation (San Diego Union Tribune)
Maxine Waters convinces congressional committee to remove some funding from Inglewood People Mover project (Daily Breeze)
But the project is moving ahead anyway (Progressive Railroading)
US public charging stations set to surpass gas stations in about 8 years (Bloomberg)
What happens when a city’s only local news source is controlled by the local industry – in this case, Chevron (LA Times)
What happens when local community newspapers die (LA Times)
When Kamala Harris sued Obama over fracking (Heated)
Study: Universal Basic Income creates stability, flexibility, offers autonomy (and people spend it largely on basic needs) (Bloomberg, SF Chronicle)
Data centers in Ireland are using up more electricity than homes (The Guardian)

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Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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