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The latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.

Traffic study supports arena

The quick overview found no insurmountable roadblock to construction, but it seemed to change few minds.

SEATTLE TIMES

No suprise: Portland again nation's most bike-friendly city, Seattle no. 10

The Oregonian reports on the latest annual ranking from Bicycling magazine. "In order to place, a city needed to possess both 'a robust cycling infrastructure and a vibrant bike culture.'"

THE OREGONIAN

Fun with numbers: SF's Muni has found a way to make more buses 'on time'

The transit agency has stretched the definition of a minute to make it look like more buses and trains arrive on time.

THE BAY CITIZEN

Hybrid cars: The silent killers

Hybrid cars are so quiet they're catching pedestrians unaware, leaving electric car manufacturers scrambling to give hybrids back that ole gas-guzzler rev. 

SLATE

Nick Licata digs in his heels on rage-inducing towing fees

After his first effort to reach out to towing companies bore no fruit, Nick Licata gets serious about introducing fee-capping legislature.

THE SUNBREAK

A rampless summer for West Seattle

WSDOT officials say the ramp to West Seattle will take until at least September to finish, leaving commuters at the mercy of traffic-blocking trains, port bridges and cargo trucks. 

SEATTLE TIMES

It's time to stop taxing car-sharing like cigarettes

Emily Badger writes, "Car-sharing members invariably have to pay these taxes, too, with the perverse result that your one-hour trip to the grocery store in Hoboken, New Jersey, will come with as much as a 62 percent tax."

ATLANTIC CITIES

David Ignatius: the looming threat to airline safety

Terrorism plots discovered by the CIA are no reason to breathe a sigh of relief. By definition, it's the ones we don't catch that really mess things up.

WASHINGTON POST

In Chicago, commuter and freight rail traffic creates major speed bump

With six of the nation's biggest rail lines passing through Chicago, the city causes more commuter and freight rail delays than anywhere else in the country—and it's only going to get worse. A lesson for the Northwest?

NEW YORK TIMES

Could Seattle to Portland Bolt Bus elbow out Amtrak?

A new low-cost bus between Seattle and Portland is slated to begin running May 17. What will the increased options mean for Amtrak?

SEATTLE TIMES
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