Today’s Headlines
Four-City U.S. DOT Tour Highlights Neighborhoods Where Highways Divide (NextCity) New Federal Rule Could Merge Metropolitan Planning Agencies (NWI.com) Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Vetoes Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (MassLive) U.S. News: American Auto Industry Is in Trouble Trial Underway for Driver Who Killed Complete Streets Engineer, Intern in Columbus (Dispatch) Charlotte Police Cracking Down on Drivers Who … Continued
8:59 AM EDT on August 11, 2016
- Four-City U.S. DOT Tour Highlights Neighborhoods Where Highways Divide (NextCity)
- New Federal Rule Could Merge Metropolitan Planning Agencies (NWI.com)
- Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Vetoes Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax (MassLive)
- U.S. News: American Auto Industry Is in Trouble
- Trial Underway for Driver Who Killed Complete Streets Engineer, Intern in Columbus (Dispatch)
- Charlotte Police Cracking Down on Drivers Who Don’t Yield to Pedestrians (WSOCtv.com)
- Bus Rapid Transit Helped Rio Win the Olympics, But It’s Leaving the Poor Behind (Vice)
- San Antonio City Council to Vote on Sustainable Mobility Plan Today (KSAT)
- Twin Cities Metro Transit Named Transit Agency of the Year by APTA (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Cost Estimate of Southwest Light Rail in Twin Cities Increases to Nearly $2 Billion (Southwest Journal)
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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