Today’s Headlines
Sigh: MARTA Expansion Bill Dies Without a Floor Vote (Creative Loafing) New Bus-Only Lanes on the Ground in Jacksonville, Florida (Metro Jacksonville) Nashville “Makes Down Payment” on Transit Expansion (NextCity) Thanks to Budget Crunch, Boston’s MBTA Kills Late Night “T” Service (NECN) A Virginia Beach Council Member Wants to Intro Legislation to Stop Light Rail (13NewsNow) Pedestrian Scrambles … Continued
8:58 AM EST on March 1, 2016
- Sigh: MARTA Expansion Bill Dies Without a Floor Vote (Creative Loafing)
- New Bus-Only Lanes on the Ground in Jacksonville, Florida (Metro Jacksonville)
- Nashville “Makes Down Payment” on Transit Expansion (NextCity)
- Thanks to Budget Crunch, Boston’s MBTA Kills Late Night “T” Service (NECN)
- A Virginia Beach Council Member Wants to Intro Legislation to Stop Light Rail (13NewsNow)
- Pedestrian Scrambles Coming to Santa Monica (LAist)
- Washington Post: Are Americans Leaving Cars Behind?
- Milan Will Pay People to Bike to Work (Guardian)
- Cars: The Most Socialist Form of Transportation (Treehugger)
- Mixed Reviews for DC’s New Streetcar (NextCity)
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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