Midweek Roundup: Fascists in the Streets

There Are No Safe Streets under Fascist Occupation (streets.mn)

Transportation:

• Sound Transit Board Abruptly Removes Key Committee Chair Ahead of Pivotal Year (The Urbanist)
• New Seattle bikeways coming to Space Needle ahead of World Cup (The Seattle Times, $). Free coverage from Seattle Bike Blog.
• World Cup Cities Set to Win $100 Million in Federal Transit Aid (Bloomberg CityLab)
• The Light Rail's Cross Lake Connection Will Be an Aries (The Stranger)
• Moving San Francisco' exhibit highlights 122 years of SF Muni magic (Mission Local)

Land Use and Policy:

• Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities' housing, transportation and utility costs (Governing)
• Washington to Scrutinize Eight Local Housing Plans Under New Accountability Law (The Urbanist)
• Conservation Groups Join Push Against Seattle Growth Plan (The Urbanist)
• Researchers argue greenbelts are essential to stop urban sprawl, but cities need additional policies that encourage densification to achieve sustainable futures (Concordia University)
• Trump's EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game, by attempting to eliminate its own power to govern pollution (Grist)
• Mayor Wilson's Inner Circle Is the Opposite of a Boys' Club (PubliCola)

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