Today’s Headlines
Many House Transportation Committee Leaders Face Tough Reelection Campaigns (Politico) Lone Star Rail Proposal Linking Austin and San Antonio Killed by Regional Planners (Austin Monitor) NACTO’s Global Street Design Guide is Live (NextCity) Seattle Times Endorses $54 Billion Light Rail Measure Austin Opens “Dynamically Tolled” Highway Lane (Community Impact) Montgomery County, Maryland, Opens Second Protected Bike Lane (GGW) … Continued
9:01 AM EDT on October 19, 2016
- Many House Transportation Committee Leaders Face Tough Reelection Campaigns (Politico)
- Lone Star Rail Proposal Linking Austin and San Antonio Killed by Regional Planners (Austin Monitor)
- NACTO’s Global Street Design Guide is Live (NextCity)
- Seattle Times Endorses $54 Billion Light Rail Measure
- Austin Opens “Dynamically Tolled” Highway Lane (Community Impact)
- Montgomery County, Maryland, Opens Second Protected Bike Lane (GGW)
- Plan Would Rezone Two-Thirds of Portland Neighborhoods for More Density (Portland Tribune)
- After $74 Million Widening, Seattle Street Just Two Seconds Faster for Drivers (Geekwire)
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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