Today’s Headlines
$200B in Transpo Money at Stake at U.S. Polls Today (WSJ) The Hill Rounds Up the Top 10 Ballots to Watch Will Atlanta Voters Double Down on the Streetcar? (Atlanta Mag) Philly Transit Strike Ends in Time for Election Day in Battleground State (LA Times) Lyft, Zipcar, Uber Offer Discounts for Voters (Consumerist) How Inner-City Highways … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EST on November 8, 2016
- $200B in Transpo Money at Stake at U.S. Polls Today (WSJ)
- The Hill Rounds Up the Top 10 Ballots to Watch
- Will Atlanta Voters Double Down on the Streetcar? (Atlanta Mag)
- Philly Transit Strike Ends in Time for Election Day in Battleground State (LA Times)
- Lyft, Zipcar, Uber Offer Discounts for Voters (Consumerist)
- How Inner-City Highways Hurt NY’s Mid-Sized Cities (D Mag)
- Is DC Metro Safer Under Feds’ Oversight? (WAMU)
- Density Central to San Diego Climate Fight (Next City)
- New Orleans Considers Partnerships With Uber (Best of New Orleans)
- Berlin’s Most Famous Street to Ban Cars (CityLab)
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