Today’s Headlines
What 100 Mayoral Speeches Say About the State of U.S. Cities (Next City) In San Ysidro, Busiest Border Entry in Western Hemisphere Gets Pedestrian Crossing (Union-Trib) Tesla Asked to Brief Senate on Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash (The Verge) Oregon May Push High-Speed Rail Into Distant Future (Register-Guard) Transit Agencies Use Pokemon Go to Spur Ridership (Progressive Railroading) Northern … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EDT on July 18, 2016
- What 100 Mayoral Speeches Say About the State of U.S. Cities (Next City)
- In San Ysidro, Busiest Border Entry in Western Hemisphere Gets Pedestrian Crossing (Union-Trib)
- Tesla Asked to Brief Senate on Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash (The Verge)
- Oregon May Push High-Speed Rail Into Distant Future (Register-Guard)
- Transit Agencies Use Pokemon Go to Spur Ridership (Progressive Railroading)
- Northern Denver Burbs to Get Rail Link This Month (Denver Post)
- Why Has Growth Been Slow for Fort Collins BRT Corridor? (Coloradoan)
- Athens, GA, Considers Permanent Free Rides for Young People (Online Athens)
- Utah Board Speeds Up Funding for Provo BRT (Deseret News)
- Vancouver Sees “Sea Change” in Businesses’ Attitudes Toward Bike Lanes (Sun)
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