Does your community deserve credit for all the work it’s done trying to become a better place for pedestrians? Better act fast: The next round of Walk Friendly Communities applications are due next week.

Last week, the New York Times took its own look at the challenges facing New York’s bikeshare system, which could be opening as soon as the end of the summer.

Sales of hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles receded in May to a 16-month low.

Republicans may not be willing to accept the fact that climate change is happening, but many cities (such as New York and Chicago) and departments of the Federal government (such as the Navy and the Federal Highway Administration) are preparing for it anyway.

The Silver Line, the proposed Washington Metro line that will connect the city’s downtown to the region’s major international airport, might have only a month to live, at least according to the Washington Post.

High-Speed Rail Can Cover Its Operating Costs, Meet Recargo, Another EV Charging App, World Bank to Help Cities Control Climate Change. All that and more in today’s transportation news.

Fuel-cell vehicles are limited to pockets in Europe and parts of California in the U.S., largely due to lack of hydrogen pumping stations.

The unpleasantness of Washington, DC’s Metro system is now international news. China Daily editor in chief Li Xing took to the pages of China’s largest English-language newspaper to do a quick comparison between the experience of riding the Beijing subway and Washington, DC’s Metro, which has the second-highest daily ridership of any American subway system.