Bike News Roundup: Fox News wishes I would apologize for Seattle’s ‘jihad’ on cars

It's time for the Bike News Roundup, a look at some of the bike stuff going around the web lately. This is an open thread.

First up, I was on Fox News recently, failing to apologize for Seattle's "jihad" on cars. What a wonderful news network.

Pacific Northwest News

• Jogger dies after being hit by a vehicle on Bainbridge | Kitsap Sun
• Why this Seattle organizer is diving into our city's political past - The Evergrey
• All Good Things" - South Seattle Emerald
• Bike Plans: Aspirations & Actuality - Fancy Beans
• Would the Golden Gate's 'Road Zipper' make Seattle's Aurora Bridge safer? | The Seattle Times
• Sound Off: Proposed Island Transit fares don't add up | Whidbey News-Times
• Car2go and ReachNow announce bike racks on Portland fleet vehicles - BikePortland.org
• 2018 Worst Intersection in Seattle: Rainier, 23rd, & Hill The Urbanist
• Bellevue Invests in Downtown Bike Network with Protected Bike Lanes The Urbanist
• Tukwila Opens New Ped Bridge - King County Parks Plog
• 'Mean world syndrome': In some Seattle neighborhoods, fear of crime exceeds reality | The Seattle Times
• Seattle's App for Kicking Out the Homeless - The Atlantic
• Work set to begin to make John/Thomas intersections safer from Capitol Hill Station to Miller Park | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
• 5 ways to make Seattle traffic less terrible | Crosscut
• As bike shares spread coast to coast, cities look to Seattle for clues on how to regulate the industry | The Seattle Times
• Don't call it a comeback: Condos return to Seattle | Crosscut
• Victim remains hospitalized 4 months after hit-and-run in Seattle crosswalk - Q13 FOX News
• Did you read the fine print? We did. These are the rights you give up by renting a LimeBike or ofo | The Seattle Times
• $7 billion in funding approved for Vancouver region transit infrastructure - constructconnect.com
• Authorities search for suspects who struck cyclist and fled in Seattle | The Seattle Times
• Mercer Island Giving LimeBike a Try | Seattle Transit Blog
• Three dead in rollover on I-5, including child, grandparents | The Seattle Times
• Study shows Seattle has plenty of parking. So why can't you find a spot? | The Seattle Times
• How reliable are those colorful bike-share bikes on Seattle streets and sidewalks? | The Seattle Times
• Man walking to stay healthy for his grandkids killed by hit-and-run driver in Kitsap County | Q13 FOX News
• Portland's Scooter Tax Is Super High, and That's Fine | Sightline Institute
• Mayor Durkan Refuses to Meet with Coalition Backing Center City Streetcar The Urbanist
• The International Examiner - Why don't more people bike in the Chinatown-ID? Lack of bike infrastructure makes them feel unsafe
• king5.com | Bainbridge boy conquers 200-mile bike ride despite hearing loss
• More protected bike lanes needed in downtown by 2020, Seattle City Council says | The Seattle Times
• Bird landing in Seattle? Job postings indicate electric scooter launch, despite city objections - GeekWire
• SDOT pushes equity as thousands more dockless bikes roll in | Crosscut
• Hit-and-run charge filed against driver in Rainier Avenue cyclist's death | The Seattle Times
• Spokane freeway expansion costing hundreds of residents their homes | The Seattle Times
• Bike Lanes Are For Everyone: Fact-Checking Claims that Only "The Privileged" Want Safe Cycling Infrastructure | The C Is for crank
• Seattle Mariners Won't Renew Safeco Field Lease Without County Taxpayer Funds | Seattle Weekly
• Morning Crank: Another Interim Head for SDOT, More Streetcar Fallout, A Victory for Burke-Gilman Trail Advocates, and "Tolling to Make Congestion Worse." | The C Is for crank
• Closure on East Lake Sammamish Trail - King County Parks Plog

Halftime show! Seville shows how to make bug progress on biking in a very short period of time:

National & Global News

• Their Friend Died in a Hit-and-Run. Can They Take on Car Culture in Los Angeles? - The New York Times
• The Story of "Micro Transit" Is Consistent, Dismal Failure - Streetsblog USA
• Death on foot: America's love of SUVs is killing pedestrians | Freep
• Police charge Bell Acres councilman with driving through crowd of protesters on North Side | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The Power of Taking Up Space: Marshawn Lynch's Oakland Rideout | KQED Arts
• Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike - The New York Times
• 6 Times NHTSA Scolded Pedestrians When It Knew SUVs Were Killing Them - Streetsblog USA
• No, "Drunk Walking" Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths - Streetsblog USA
• Why Detroit is the most expensive city in America to buy car insurance - Rate expectations
• Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership With Lime - Bloomberg
• Mad About Bike Lanes, Baltimore Fire Department Takes It Out on Advocates - Streetsblog USA
• Bike-sharing company Ofo is dramatically scaling back in North America - Quartz
• For Bike Equity, Look Past Infrastructure - CityLab
• For nearly 20 years, duck boat safety recommendations have gone largely ignored | NBC News
• Uber's e-bikes are cannibalizing rides from Uber's cars | CNN Money
• Should there be mandatory driving tests for older drivers? | MNN - Mother Nature Network
• New Traffic Signals in London Will Give Pedestrians the Green Light By Default - Streetsblog USA
• Dockless scooters have landed. Here's what that means - WalkBoston
• Court records show duck boat in Missouri disaster was designed by entrepreneur with no engineering training | LA Times - Ban the Ducks. If we have banned them after the Seattle disaster, this Branson disaster would not have happened. Let's not make that mistake again. Ban them nationwide. But Seattle doesn't need to wait for the nation to act. These things are deadly on land and sea. And when they kill, the kill a lot of people. This novelty is not worth so many lives.