Today’s Headlines
U.S. Mayors Tell Washington Their Biggest Problem Is Crumbling Infrastructure (Politico) Polls Show Voters Would Support a 10-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) American Cities Are Beginning to Embrace Pedestrian Safety (Utne Reader) American Lung Association Ranks Places by Air Quality Is Oregon’s Per-Mile Tax Policy Running Up Against a Serious Problem? (Planetizen) More Regions … Continued
8:59 AM EDT on April 30, 2015
- U.S. Mayors Tell Washington Their Biggest Problem Is Crumbling Infrastructure (Politico)
- Polls Show Voters Would Support a 10-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- American Cities Are Beginning to Embrace Pedestrian Safety (Utne Reader)
- American Lung Association Ranks Places by Air Quality
- Is Oregon’s Per-Mile Tax Policy Running Up Against a Serious Problem? (Planetizen)
- More Regions Are Ending Suburban-Urban Job Competition (National Journal)
- In Finland, the $58,000 Speeding Ticket (My Parking Sign)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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