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Tight finances mean Night Tube expansion unlikely

Tight finances at Transport for London (TfL) mean the Night Tube is unlikely to be expanded at any point in the near future.

Evening Standard

The next mayor has a chance to revitalize public education in Chicago

Mayoral control over schools is on the way out. But as the city’s leader, the next mayor still has a duty to exercise his authority — and use the bully pulpit of City Hall — for their betterment.

Chicago Sun-Times

Overwhelming vote to ban e-scooters in Paris after mini-referendum

Around 15,000 e-scooters could vanish from central Paris at the end of August

Evening Standard

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Parisians Massively Vote to Banish for-Hire E-scooters

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters from their streets. The 15,000 opinion-dividing mini-machines are now expected to vanish from central Paris at the end of August when the city's contracts with the three operators expire. The question City Hall asked voters in a…

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Parisians overwhelmingly vote to expel e-scooters from their streets

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire e-scooters from their streets, in a mini-referendum the mayor said sent a "very clear message."

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Parisians massively vote to banish for-hire e-scooters

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital’s ubiquitous for-hire e-scooters from their streets, in a mini-referendum the mayor said sent a “very clear message.”

The Independent UK

Mutual aid clubs are still going strong in LA Chinatown. But their future is uncertain

LOS ANGELES — In a building with a green-tiled roof on Hill Street, most of the old men and women shuffling mah-jongg tiles and sipping jasmine tea shared a surname — Lee.

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How a Chicago airport was erased from the map 20 years ago

On March 31, 2003, bulldozers sent by Mayor Richard M. Daley destroyed the runway at Meigs Field. The move was seen then and now as an example of mayoral overreach.

Chicago Sun-Times

Labour freeze on council tax would include Mayor Sadiq Khan’s share

Sadiq Khan would not be raising City Hall’s share of the council tax this year under a Labour pledge

Evening Standard

OPINION - Has the Superloop made buses fashionable again?

It’s the express bus network that sounds good enough to eat. Superloop, a brand devised by City Hall to quell the rebellion in the suburbs against Sadiq Khan, could be just the gimmick to deflect criticism of his Ulez expansion.

Evening Standard

Paris breathes easier as refuse workers’ strike called off and rubbish cleared

City is cleaner, though not yet entirely clean, after three-week strike ends but union threatens more action

The Guardian - UK

Chicago’s next mayor will face deep financial problems, massive deficits and a pension hole

CHICAGO — On the campaign trail, both mayoral candidates paint sweeping visions of a shinier, more prosperous Chicago under their watch.

Chicago Tribune

OPINION - Introducing: the ‘Superloop’ bus network for London’s suburbs

Branding alone will only get your transport network so far. Even pre-Elizabeth line, the Heathrow Express was a blatant attempt to confuse tourists and bait the Advertising Standards Authority, given its steep cost and the fact that passengers *still* only ended up at Paddington.

Evening Standard

When will the London bus Superloop start? Key questions answered

TfL chief admits orbital express route won’t initially be operated by zero emission buses

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Helen Gym wants to finish the fight she started 30 years ago. Would she be Philadelphia's activist-mayor?

PHILADELPHIA — Helen Gym was in the way.

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in sick days linked to poor mental health at London Fire Brigade

London Assembly member Anne Clarke said the pandemic and financial worries had left the fire service ‘exhausted’ and on the verge of a ‘mental health crisis’

The Guardian - UK

London to pay tribute to victims of slave trade with memorial, says mayor

Memorial to be built in London’s Docklands, close to warehouses built to house goods produced through slavery

Belfast Live

Belfast bin collections: Three quarters of missed pick-ups down to cars blocking streets

Anger at City Hall after Stormont department fails to turn up for special meeting on bin collections

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Sadiq Khan cleared of breaching City Hall code of conduct with Elizabeth line opening

Grant Shapps, who at the time was Transport Secretary, claimed the announcement was an “act of breathtaking political cynicism”

Belfast Live

Shaftesbury Square gaming arcade to expand despite council concerns

A councillor and civil servant have raised issues of amusement arcade "clustering"

The Independent UK

Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol

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Bangkok Post

Promenade needs rethink

Earlier this month, the Central Administrative Court gave a ruling that spells the end to the Chao Phraya River Promenade -- a lavishing 14-billion baht riverside landscape brainchild of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Evening Standard

Mayor ‘must fix City Hall’s historically dysfunctional relationship with Met’

Exclusive: Met review will call for leadership shake-up and more scrutiny by Mayor

Los Angeles Times

LA strongly approves of Mayor Bass but is skeptical about fixing homelessness, poll shows

LOS ANGELES — On the eve of her 100th day in office, Mayor Karen Bass enjoys strong approval ratings among Angelenos — a reservoir of goodwill that will be crucial for the new mayor during uphill battles ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Allison Arwady, City Hall’s calming voice on COVID, hopes to stay on under next mayor

Chicago’s public health commissioner and coronavirus point person says she doesn’t get recognized as much as she used to. But that’s OK with her, especially given the “scary mail at my house” she’d get.

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