Today’s Headlines
Washington Post Readers Suggest Five Additional “Sorry” Local Bus Stops Cleveland Weighs Kicking Buses Off Public Square (Plain Dealer) In Search of Alternatives to Urban Sprawl in Detroit (Model D) Detroit Seeks to Create Walkable “Pink Zones” (Detroit News) TreeHugger: No More Helmetsplaining Both Political Parties Call for More Infrastructure Spending (Reuters) Some Guy Thinks Self-Driving Cars … Continued
8:57 AM EDT on August 10, 2016
- Washington Post Readers Suggest Five Additional “Sorry” Local Bus Stops
- Cleveland Weighs Kicking Buses Off Public Square (Plain Dealer)
- In Search of Alternatives to Urban Sprawl in Detroit (Model D)
- Detroit Seeks to Create Walkable “Pink Zones” (Detroit News)
- TreeHugger: No More Helmetsplaining
- Both Political Parties Call for More Infrastructure Spending (Reuters)
- Some Guy Thinks Self-Driving Cars Will Kill Transit Oriented Development (Forbes)
- Charleston City Council Approves Transportation Sales Tax for November Ballot (Post & Courier)
- Kansas City Streetcar Expansion Plan Moves Forward (KC Star)
- Women Cyclists Trying to Escape Harassment Find Themselves in Tough Position (Metro.us)
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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