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Friday’s Headlines Go North, Young Man 28%
By Blake Aued53%
8/6/2026, 9:01:00 PM
Topics: Pedestrian Safety, Transit, Traffic Calming, Technology In Transportation, Homelessness, Public Transportation Funding, Public Health, Infrastructure
Keywords: Walking Safety, Pedestrian Deaths, Sun Belt Cities, Trump Administration, Transit Safety, Speed Traps, Road Design, Flock Cameras, Homelessness, L A Transit, Transit Referendums, Detroit Suburbs, Spokane Transit, Asthma Rates, Philadelphia Freeways, Amtrak, King County Buses, Seattle Transit, Blue Line Funding, Car Crashes, San Francisco Traffic, Nashville, Right Turns On Red, Indianapolis Transportation, West Memphis Transit, Kansas City Streetcar, L A Public Streets, Cycling
BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Anecdotal, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 22.7% saturation with 85 hits. Analysis detected 520 faulty-reasoning hits from 374 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.6% and a BS Rank of 28% (22,012 of 30,253 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the article peer group.
Albuquerque and a bunch of other Sun Belt cities are the most dangerous for walking, according to an analysis of walk scores and pedestrian death statistics.
The study shows a regional divide between the car-dependent sprawl and wide streets of the South and Southwest, and the rest of the country.
( Momentum )
Breaking news: The data is at odds with the Trump administration’s claims that transit is dangerous.
( Washington Post )
Speed traps are an ineffective way of slowing down drivers, writes Beth Osborne .
If you want drivers to stick to 25 mph, don’t just lower the speed limit, design the road differently.
A study out of California suggests that Flock cameras misread license plates 70 percent of the time.
( CNET )
A combination of social service outreach and law enforcement cut homelessness on L.A. transit by more than half.
( Metro Magazine )
In addition to a referendum in Wayne County that stops inner-ring Detroit suburbs from opting out of transit service ( Bridge Michigan ), Spokane voters narrowly renewed a sales tax funding transit ( Spokesman-Review ).
Asthma rates in Philadelphia are measurably higher near freeways and industrial areas.
( The Conversation )
Amtrak is adding a second train connecting New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
( Patriot-News )
King County is adjusting bus lines in a way that will add a net 3,000 bus trips each week for the Seattle area.
( The Urbanist )
Twin Cities officials are scrambling to find $200 million for the Blue Line.
( KSTP )
San Francisco has already outpaced last year’s number of serious injuries from car crashes.
( SFist )
Nashville is considering banning right turns on red.
( WSMV )
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced eight new sidewalk and other transportation projects.
( WRTV )
West Memphis — a separate city in Arkansas across the river from Memphis — is starting a new transit system.
( Local Memphis )
Almost 90 percent of Kansas City streetcar riders are satisfied with it.
( KCTV )
A Los Angeles man is trying to bike all 7,500 miles of L.A. public streets, and he’s about three-quarters of the way there.
( L.A.
Times ; paywall)
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