{"id":101,"date":"2026-06-19T05:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanatlasmedia.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:07:50","slug":"fridays-headlines-celebrate-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanatlasmedia.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s Headlines Celebrate Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Streetsblog USA will be off today for the Juneteenth holiday. See you all Monday!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanatlasmedia.com\/?p=95\">Wednesday\u2019s Headlines Are Truckin\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building transit projects is far more expensive in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world. Slow Boring put together a playbook to address procurement, red tape and other causes. California YIMBY recently addressed similar issues \u2014 such as artificial budget constraints, the collapse of local news and the public\u2019s failure to hold leaders accountable \u2014 as exemplified by a Los Angeles subway line that took 46 years to build (L.A. Times).<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife crossings in Appalachian states reduce car crashes involving animals by up to 97 percent. (Governing)<\/li>\n<li>The slow-moving East River Tunnel project is the result of 116 years of deferred maintenance. (Rail Passengers Association)<\/li>\n<li>The Eno Center for Transportation provides an overview on how Salt Lake City is using transit-oriented development to stabilize housing costs.<\/li>\n<li>MARTA officials responded to a federal investigation by saying that trains are safe, outside of a few \u201coutlier incidents.\u201d (Atlanta News First)<\/li>\n<li>Can Sound Transit avoid consigning certain Seattle transit projects to purgatory? 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