Today’s Headlines
T4A: Feds Need to Rethink How They Want States to Measure Congestion Austin Unveils 10-Year Transportation Plan Calling for Bus Rapid Transit (Business Journals) Famed Sports Writer Peter King Called Out for Driving in the Bike Lane (Deadspin) Charlotte Considers Adding a Protected Bike Lane (Charlotte Observer) Under-Construction Sound Transit Light Rail Package Is 86 Percent … Continued
9:03 AM EDT on August 23, 2016
- T4A: Feds Need to Rethink How They Want States to Measure Congestion
- Austin Unveils 10-Year Transportation Plan Calling for Bus Rapid Transit (Business Journals)
- Famed Sports Writer Peter King Called Out for Driving in the Bike Lane (Deadspin)
- Charlotte Considers Adding a Protected Bike Lane (Charlotte Observer)
- Under-Construction Sound Transit Light Rail Package Is 86 Percent Over Budget (News Tribune)
- Lyft Cancels Carpooling Feature (NextCity)
- Light Rail to South Beach Draws Mixed Reactions in Miami (Miami Herald)
- St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay: America Needs a New Agenda for Cities (The Hill)
- Vladimir Putin’s New Urbanism (Chicago Tribune)
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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