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Rail Service Expansion Imperiled at State Level [The New York Times]

“Any notion that somehow rail is subsidized, and other modes of transportation aren’t, is simply not factual,” said Mr. Smith, the president Reconnecting America, a nonprofit transportation advocacy group, who noted that highways and airports were subsidized as well. “Honestly, transportation infrastructure should not be a partisan issue. When you talk about good transportation solutions, they cross party lines.”

The Rise of the Bus-Riding Celebrity? [GOOD]

A Massive Facelift for Eastern Germany [Spiegel Online]

During a trip to East Germany in 1990, photographer Stefan Koppelkamm discovered buildings that had survived both the war and the construction mania of the East German authorities. Ten years later, he returned to photograph the buildings again. The comparison threw up some unexpected contrasts.

Visit the Berlin Interactive Graphic and the Photo Gallery.

Vacant Fox Point industrial buildings put on the auction block [Providence Business News]

Former home of Bevo on South Main Street

Why All the Outrage Over Bike Boxes? [publicola]

Perhaps even more than “road diets,” which replace driving lanes with bike lanes and add a turn lane for cars, the bike boxes have brought out anti-bike, pro-car contingent, which argues that it’s unfair to make drivers wait for cyclists at red lights.

From the cyclist’s point of view, of course, this is an asinine argument. First, the primary point of bike boxes is to make cyclists more visible to drivers. When drivers hit cyclists|and yes, cyclists do frequently get hit in right-hook accidents by inattentive drivers|the inevitable refrain is, “I didn’t see her!” Bike boxes make drivers more likely to see us.

We suggested a Bike Box at the Point Street and South Water Street intersection where the Wickenden Street overpass used to be, when the street is rebuilt.

Rhode Island roads need $4.5 billion investment over next decade, report says [Providence Business News]

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