Bike News Roundup: National bikelash highlights

It's time for the Bike News Roundup! I'm in St. Louis visiting family this week, so that's why news here is a bit slow. But here's a long list of interesting stuff to read. And if I missed anything, this is an open thread.

First up, I know you all have heard some baffling reasons why a bike lane can't be installed. Well, you're in good company. StreetFilms put together a video highlighting some baffling anti-bike lane excuses people have heard from all around the country:

Pacific Northwest News

• 12th Avenue S Vision Zero Project Seeks to Increase Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety The Urbanist
• Transportation Equity Workgroup: Call for nominations! | SDOT Blog
• Welcome Gabe Meyer, Cascade's new Policy Director | Cascade Bicycle Club
• Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation study | WSDOT
• Durkan Tries for Last Word on SR-99 Tunnel Controversy The Urbanist
• Turn the Waterfront Over to the People - Slog - The Stranger
• Driver Arrested for DUI Following Vehicle/Sled Injury Collision in West Seattle
• What killed Washington's carbon tax? (What Killed Washington's Carbon Tax?) - High Country News
• King County jury awards $123 million to victims of Ride the Ducks crash - The Seattle Times
• Seattle driver arrested in snowball rage incident - KIRO
• Mike O'Brien, 10-Year Council Veteran, Will Not Seek Reelection | The C Is for crank
• Can this woman save biking in Washington state? | Crosscut
• Seattle gets an F on snow shoveling | Crosscut
• Yelm's Magnetic Appeal: Rural Community is State's 9th Fastest Growing - ThurstonTalk
• Bike sharing may be back this spring with new rules | The Spokesman Review
• In Seattle, 1 in 5 people booked into jail are homeless | Crosscut
• The Neighborhood Group That Will Get Your Stolen Bike Back - Slog - The Stranger
• Jobs at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways - Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
• Detectives Investigating Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision on Beacon Hill, Driver Arrested
• All Seattle Lime Bikes Will Be Electric by Mid-March - Slog - The Stranger
• Save Sound Transit 3 Funding - Action Network
• Neighbors once again call for Aurora Ave. guard rail after driver crashes into condo - KIRO
• Kent police arrest city employee on suspicion of fatal hit-and-run - The Seattle Times
• Bicyclist Killed Monday Is 3rd To Die On Rainier Ave Since July | Seattle, WA Patch
• Northwest drivers are more aggressive than they used to be, poll shows - The Seattle Times
• City officials say electric vehicle charging station won't pit Teslas vs. bikes on Broadway | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
• Transit Advocate Abigail Doerr Announces Bid for King County Council - Slog - The Stranger
• Is Jenny Durkan the Most Secretive Seattle Mayor in Recent History? | Seattle Met
• Woman Gets Long Sentence In 2018 Killing Of Seattle Bicyclist | Seattle, WA Patch
• What's the Cheaper Bike Sharing Option in Seattle: Lime Bike or JUMP? - Slog - The Stranger
• City Accelerates Rainier Avenue Improvements, Too Late to Save Some Lives The Urbanist
• Activists rip City's Vision Zero progress | Seattle Transit Blog
• Kent must do more to protect pedestrians | Kent Reporter
• Stubborn thinking - A Whole Lotta Nothing
• Why did green legislators vote to spend carbon taxes on highways? | Seattle Transit Blog
• Crosswalk deaths of elderly Boise couple spark safety advocates | Idaho Statesman
• Seven months, seven pedestrian deaths in Kent | Kent Reporter
• What would a clean fuel standard mean for WA gas prices? | Crosscut
• Child, 12, Seriously Injured In White Center Collision | Seattle, WA Patch
• Washington's Proposed Transportation Package Is the Opposite of a Green New Deal - Slog - The Stranger
• CHAPTER 1 #SeattleSqueeze Data: Less driving, more transit, more biking! | SDOT Blog
• City Agencies Re-Charge the Debate About Transportation Priorities On Broadway The Urbanist

National & Global News

• The Bible Belt Should Really Be Called 'The Carnage Corset' - Streetsblog USA
• B-Cycle is peddling 5,280 annual bike-share passes - for free - Denverite, the Denver site!
• Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality - TechCrunch
• Minneapolis and Seattle Have Achieved the Holy Grail for Sustainable Transportation - Streetsblog USA
• Bike-friendly cities should be designed for everyone, not just for wealthy white cyclists | The Conversation
• Record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on car payments, a red flag for economy - The Seattle Times
• How to make bike share family-friendly - Better Bike Share
• Believe It or Not, Trump Put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots, Maybe by Mistake - Sightline Institute
• In 10 years, more than 49,000 U.S. pedestrians have been killed by cars | The Washington Post
• How 'green waves' can make city riding better | CyclingTips
• States May Forfeit $1 Billion in Biking and Walking Funding - Streetsblog USA
• Study: Bike-share programs affect transit ridership | Smart Cities Dive
• BMW and Daimler will invest $1B in new joint venture that brings car2go and ReachNow under one roof - GeekWire
• Uber study in Sacramento: Surprise discovery of Jump bike use | The Sacramento Bee
• Miami Hosted 'Safe Streets Summit' - Yet Hasn't Fixed Its Unsafe Streets - Streetsblog USA
• Rent an apartment, get a bike: Baltimore developers pitch a new, carless way to live - Baltimore Sun
• Tesla's promise of 'full-self-driving' angers autonomous vehicle experts - CNN
• Uber not criminally liable in fatal 2018 Arizona self-driving crash: prosecutors - East Bay Times
• New Bill Would Provide a Tax Break for Bike Commuters - Streetsblog USA
• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Woman cyclist stopped after catching men - CNN
• After fatal crash on Esplanade Avenue, 'clear " urgency' for change, bicycle advocates say | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com
• Scooter Startup Spin Ditches Gig Workers for Real Employees
• Bike Index's January 2019 recoveries!
• We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths - Streetsblog USA
• Is Road Riding Worth the Risk? | Outside Online
• Shared scooters don't last long | Oversharing
• Lyft May Spend $50M to Expand Divvy to All Wards, Using Dockless-Option eBikes - Streetsblog Chicago
• To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars | National Geographic
• Episode 14: The War on Cars Meets Car Talk - The War on Cars
• Op-Ed: Save Commuters From More Delays with Smart Rules for Scooters - Streetsblog New York City
• Why Congress Should Put More Data in the Hands of Planners | League of American Bicyclists