Today’s Headlines
Judge Orders Another Study that Could Jeopardize D.C.’s Purple Line (Bethesda Magazine) Some SEPTA Regional Rail Cars Will Be Returned to Service Soon (WPVI) Key Suburban Leaders Say They Won’t Campaign for Detroit’s Regional Transit Tax (Detroit News) Study Finds a Price Premium for Walkable Housing (Builder Online) McDonalds Testing “Walk-Through Lanes” for Pedestrians (WKBW) … Continued
8:58 AM EDT on August 4, 2016
- Judge Orders Another Study that Could Jeopardize D.C.’s Purple Line (Bethesda Magazine)
- Some SEPTA Regional Rail Cars Will Be Returned to Service Soon (WPVI)
- Key Suburban Leaders Say They Won’t Campaign for Detroit’s Regional Transit Tax (Detroit News)
- Study Finds a Price Premium for Walkable Housing (Builder Online)
- McDonalds Testing “Walk-Through Lanes” for Pedestrians (WKBW)
- Broward County Wins $11 Million for Bike and Pedestrian Projects (Sun Sentinel)
- Grand Rapids Added 80 Miles of Bike Lanes in the Last Six Years (Rapid Growth Media)
- Urban Land Institute on How to Zone for Affordable Housing
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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