News Roundup: Cars or People

• What a train trip across the US taught one Australian about Trump's America. Among other things: Amtrak is slow.
• TNT: Pierce County should borrow trailhead transit idea. I'd argue that having a decent all-day frequent-service network in Tacoma should come first.
• Wave as they pass your car. Fast buses could be coming to a long stretch of Tacoma's Pacific Avenue.
• First post-rezone U-District highrise proposal gets design review.
• Navigating the strange new world of mobility.
• Morning Crank: A "Reset" for Move Seattle.
• Alon Levy gave a pair of talks in the Bay Area about regional rail.
• With renovation costs up, enhanced station program ends early, amid controversy.
• MTA's Joe Lhota admits defrauding the public about costs.
• Shoupistas Rejoice: Seattle passes parking reform.
• City Council emails show Rob Johnson's leadership on safe streets.
• Mayor Durkan: A vision for a more vibrant downtown with fewer cars, more transit, and less pollution.
• Housing cars or housing people? Debate rages ($) as number of cars in Seattle hits new high.
• Hostel takeover: Adjusting to a new Seattle.
• Congestion pricing plan for Manhattan ran Into politics. Politics won ($).
• Is Seattle's Climate Action plan a plan of inaction?
• You can't be a "climate mayor" if you're making more room for cars.
• Century-old hotel in downtown Tacoma could be renovated into micro units for UW students. More like this, please!
• Don't leave bike shares on ferries. The Coast Guard will think you've drowned.
• There are too many cars in Seattle, but there's no way I'm getting rid of mine.
• Too many cars, too few supermarkets: how Australia's cities really stack up.
• Montreal mi(C)tro: Green light for Blue Line extension.
• Under Trump, new transportation grants ditch bikes, walkways ($).
• Developer proposes ($) an 18-story building in Lynnwood. "There's a lot of land and a lot of parking lots" We're trying to bring a more urban environment to the area. Everybody has been planning for this for a long time. We're taking the first step." Good for them; good for us all.
• All-door boarding is coming for all buses on Third Avenue next year.
• Everett was the first to bury its streetcars.
• Business owners oppose south central light-rail extension; Phoenix moves ahead anyway. "Four lanes or no train" sounds, regrettably, like the Phoenix I remember.
• More poorer residents are driving cars, presenting new issues for transit agencies.
• The Ben & Jerry's crash course in transportation economics.
• Amsterdam will finally open second Metro Line.
• London's Congestion Charge needs updating.

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