Breakfast Links: Most drivers failed to look for cyclists in a Toronto-based study
Eye-tracking study found that the majority of drivers don’t look for bikers
More than half of drivers failed to look for bicyclists or pedestrians when turning from a major street on to a side street in a small study in Toronto. These findings support the idea that better road design is critical to making biking and walking safer. (Lloyd Alter / TreeHugger)
Baltimore swaps out bikeshare for Lime & Bird
Baltimore has shut down its bikeshare program and is replacing it with two new deals with Lime & Bird, which will each operate a fleet of 1,000 scooters and/or bikes. (BaltimoreSun. Tip: Chester B.)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport suffers hour of darkness from power failure
A power failure of the main generator at National Airport led to just over an hour of an airport-wide power outage around 10 pm on Wednesday night. The underlying cause of the outage is still unknown. (Teta Alim / WTOP)
Arbitration board directs Metro to pay $82 million in wage increases
A three-member arbitration board has ruled on a dispute between Metro and their largest union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, deciding that Metro must pay out $82 million in wage increases by 2020. (Post)
LA introduces body scanners to transit system
The Los Angeles Transportation Authority is adopting the use of radio wave scanners to detect weapons capable of mass casualty on passengers entering LA metro stations. It will be the first city to use such technology on its rail trainst system. (Sarah Wells / TechCrunch. Tip: Mike B)
Union claims Metro catered to Unite the Right 2 rally-goers
Metro's biggest union, ATU Local 689, is claiming WMATA allowed Unite the Right 2's white nationalists to “commandeer the system” and devoted an excess of resources to their travel. The union plans to hold a rally Thursday in protest. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
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