The Hub 6/30/17: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.

Bloomberg: China Is About to Bury Elon Musk in Batteries – Demand for Lithium-ion batteries is forecast to explode in the next five years as electric vehicles and other forms of e-transportation proliferate.

Next City: New Look at Philly, Chicago and NYC Shows Path to Bike-Share Equity – A new study of lower-income residents and communities of color who live near the bike share system found that the biggest barrier to bike share use is also one of the most common barriers to bicycling in general: traffic safety.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh to introduce all-electric cars to city fleet – While Philadelphia City Council issued a moratorium on electric vehicle parking permits, the city of Pittsburgh is embracing electric vehicles.

Philly Voice: Philadelphia earns abysmal ranking on Allstate’s ‘Best Drivers Report’ – Rising one spot from last year, Philadelphia was ranked 191st safest driving city out 200.

Wall Street Journal: The End of Car Ownership – Boston Consulting Group predicts that one-quarter of miles driven in the U.S. may be through shared, self-driving vehicles by 2030.

CBS Philly: Memorial Walk For Philadelphia Traffic Crash Victims Serves Deeper Purpose – At a memorial walk on Thursday, hosted by the Vision Zero Alliance, dozens of people met in honor of Peter Javsicas. The message from the event was that traffic calming measures are needed on JFK Boulevard and Market Street.

ILLUSTRATION: R. KIKUO JOHNSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL