Today’s Headlines
Bike Fatalities Rising Nationwide; GHWA Recommends More Bike Lanes (WaPo) Ride-Hailing Apps Add Car Trips, Slow Traffic in Major Cities (Curbed) Transit Ridership Growing in Rural Areas (City Lab) TriMet Attributes Decline in Portland Bus Ridership to Gentrification (Tribune) Phoenix Installs Its First Protected Bike Lanes (DPJ) Sound Transit CEO: Feds Should Reward Seattle Tax … Continued
By
Blake Aued
8:59 AM EDT on October 12, 2017
- Bike Fatalities Rising Nationwide; GHWA Recommends More Bike Lanes (WaPo)
- Ride-Hailing Apps Add Car Trips, Slow Traffic in Major Cities (Curbed)
- Transit Ridership Growing in Rural Areas (City Lab)
- TriMet Attributes Decline in Portland Bus Ridership to Gentrification (Tribune)
- Phoenix Installs Its First Protected Bike Lanes (DPJ)
- Sound Transit CEO: Feds Should Reward Seattle Tax Vote (My Northwest)
- Bloomington Task Force Recommends Redeveloping Deck, Surface Lots (Pantagraph)
- Megan Barry Will Unveil Nashville Transit Plan on Tuesday (Tennessean)
- Dallas Morning News Endorses Transpo Bond Package
- Today in Bikelash: Kansas City (KSHB); Tempe (KJZZ); Cambridge (Wicked Local); Denver (ABC 7)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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