Bike News Roundup: A dangerous rail crossing. No not that one.

It's time for the Bike News Roundup!

First up, University of Tennessee Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Chris Cherry and graduate students Ziwen Ling and Nirbesh Dhakal recently documented a ton of bike crashes at a single railroad crossing (hmm, this reminds me of a certain "missing" trail in Ballard"). Not only did they publish their findings, they also put together this video:

Pacific Northwest News

• Should bike owners have to pay a licensing fee to ride on city streets? | The Seattle Times - No.
• Early plans shared for development between 25th Avenue NE and the Burke-Gilman Trail - Ravenna-Bryant Community Association
• Arlington bike shop burglary caught on camera | King 5
• Judge tosses speeding ticket in Seattle school zone over wordy city sign | The Seattle Times
• Seattle App Puts a Dollar Amount on Traffic Death - Next City
• Driver Arrested in Fatal Car/Pedestrian Collision | SPD Blotter
• Flaggers threaten Metro Vancouver bridge shutdown over hit and run - BC | Globalnews.ca
• Should Seattle bike owners have to pay a licensing fee? Here's what some readers think | The Seattle Times - Still no.
• Innovative Street Design and Accessibility | SDOT Blog
• #BallotGuide - Michael Maddux (dot org)
• When A Changemaker Runs For Mayor: An Interview With Nikkita Oliver
• Does SDOT show preferential treatment to cyclists at expense of disabled people? | KIRO-TV
• City to evaluate use of pedestrian crossing flags - City of Bellevue - If you think you need pedestrian crossing flags, what you really need is a safer crosswalk design. People driving must be compelled to stop for a person in a crosswalk whether they are swinging Dayglo flags or not. Anything less is failure.
• Beacon Hill Safety Project Riles Neighbors The Urbanist
• Tacoma city council member wants to study fast ferry service to Seattle | KIRO-TV
• Settlement: Seattle to build thousands of sidewalk curb ramps over next 18 years | The Seattle Times
• The C Is for Crank Endorses: Jessyn Farrell - The C Is for crank
• 7-year-old put adults to shame when they tried passing him in grueling bike ride | KIRO-TV
• Transcript: Seattle mayoral debate | KING5.com
• "I no longer feel alone": Theft victim on bike tour showered with support - BikePortland.org
• Sorry, Seattle, your climate change 'leadership' hasn't made much of a dent | KUOW
• Caving to Resentment Politics, Oregon Enacts a Bike Tax - Streetsblog USA
• Stop Blaming Foreign Home Buyers | Sightline Institute
• UW master plan doesn't have enough for transit, child care, affordable housing, group says | The Seattle Times
• Enhancing Safety in Little Saigon | SDOT Blog
• Could a new type of bike share be successful in Seattle? | KUOW
• Roosevelt RapidRide Predictably Scales Back Bike Plans The Urbanist
• Who votes in Seattle mayoral elections? Older voters hold sway, study says | The Seattle Times
• Illicit skatepark on Green Lake's Duck Island: Cops called on bowl built in bird habitat | The Seattle Times
• Seattle police are writing fewer jaywalking tickets, but high rate still issued to black pedestrians | The Seattle Times
• LimeBike bike share rolls out in Seattle - Curbed Seattle
• My First 100 Days As Mayor: Housing Affordability Emergency Plan | @CaryMoon4Mayor

National & Global News

Halftime show! Vox recently interviewed Donald Shoup for a quick reminder that land use rules in most of America require free homes for cars even while homes for people get more and more expensive:

• Urban myth busting: Congestion, idling, and carbon emissions | City Observatory
• Another effort underway to start a bike-share system in St. Louis | Along for the Ride | stltoday.com
• China's 'dockless' bike sharing could be coming to a street near you | CNN
• Arrests over China 'straddling bus' project | BBC News
• Sadiq Khan pledged to help cyclists - so why is he such a stick in the wheel? | Environment | The Guardian
• Manchester Mobike review - better than London's 'Boris bikes' | Environment | The Guardian
• How Napping Subway Commuters Know When They're at Their Stop - Science of Us
• Are Reckless Driving and Biking Morally Equivalent? An Ethicist Weighs In - Streetsblog Chicago
• GUEST COLUMN: Must reframe narrative of 'cars versus bikes' | Wicked Local Cambridge
• When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans? | NY Mag
• Umbrella-sharing startup loses nearly all of its 300,000 umbrellas in a matter of weeks: Shanghaiist
• San Francisco issues permit rules for stationless bike shares | SF Chronicle
• Factors influencing single-bicycle crashes at skewed railroad grade crossings - ScienceDirect
• On Your Bike, Watch Out for the Air - The New York Times
• Bikeshare expansion blocked in the Mission over gentrification fears - The San Francisco Examiner
• ksdk.com | Driver in critical condition after vehicle lands on roof
• Austin bike crashes on the decline | KEYE
• Sen. Ray Scott calls for tax on bicycles to help pay for Colorado roads | Colorado Politics
• Atlanta Erases Major New Bike Lane Segment, Replaces It With Parking - Streetsblog USA
• It's Official: Mexico City Eliminates Mandatory Parking Minimums - Streetsblog USA
• It has begun: Oregon-inspired tax on bicycles spreads to Colorado - BikePortland.org

This is an open thread.