Today’s Headlines
As Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket, Senate Considers Road Safety Amendment (Bike League) Senators, Citing Parking Benefit, Call for Extending Mass-Transit Benefit (Hill, National Journal) Crosswalk Carnage: Why Do Police Ignore Drivers Who Won’t Yield? (Crosscut) The New Republic Sees More Multi-Modality in America’s Future Graph: If You Build It, They Will Come (By Bicycle) (TreeHugger) Battle Over … Continued
8:51 AM EST on December 13, 2011
- As Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket, Senate Considers Road Safety Amendment (Bike League)
- Senators, Citing Parking Benefit, Call for Extending Mass-Transit Benefit (Hill, National Journal)
- Crosswalk Carnage: Why Do Police Ignore Drivers Who Won’t Yield? (Crosscut)
- The New Republic Sees More Multi-Modality in America’s Future
- Graph: If You Build It, They Will Come (By Bicycle) (TreeHugger)
- Battle Over Plan Maryland Rages Into the State Senate (Baltimore Sun)
- Georgia Gets $4M Grant for HSR into North Carolina (WCNC)
- Texting Driver’s Distraction Kills Two, Injures 38 Others (KSDK)
- Chicago, Advil Promote Cycling to Fight Traffic Congestion (Cyclelicious)
- What Would DC Look Like Without Transit? Not Good. (Atlantic Cities)
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