Today’s Headlines
There Goes the Neighborhood: Older “Broken Hip-sters” Take Over the City (WSJ) Boomers Tire of Suburban Life, Move Downtown (WaPo, Switchboard) Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Might Not Really Be So Much Cheaper Than HSR (WaPo) Capital Bikeshare Expands Farther and Farther Outside the City (WTOP) Buses Can Run Faster (But Not Much Faster) on Freeways, But … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:49 AM EDT on August 13, 2013
- There Goes the Neighborhood: Older “Broken Hip-sters” Take Over the City (WSJ)
- Boomers Tire of Suburban Life, Move Downtown (WaPo, Switchboard)
- Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Might Not Really Be So Much Cheaper Than HSR (WaPo)
- Capital Bikeshare Expands Farther and Farther Outside the City (WTOP)
- Buses Can Run Faster (But Not Much Faster) on Freeways, But Forget About TOD (GGW)
- Looks Like Dallas’ Party in the Park Could Use a Few More Partygoers (Good)
- Women Forced to Ride Sidesaddle in Kenya (Thomson Reuters)
- Want to Hearken Back to the Good Old Days? Look to Strong Towns.
- Art-film Director Werner Herzog’s Documentary on Texting and Driving (NYT)
- You Don’t Love Transit Like This Guy Loves Transit (AP)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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