Today’s Headlines
- A Day After an Oil Tanker Sets River on Fire, Coal Train Derails (WaPo, Baltimore Sun)
- Bike League Gets Behind New Bill on Safety Transparency in Driverless Cars
- Cincinnati Will Get Its Bike Lane (Business Courier)
- Already Two Years Behind Schedule, Silver Spring Transit Center Faces More Problems (Sentinel)
- Houston Continues to Develop Around Scattered Employment Centers (Chron)
- Another Streetcar Runs Up Against City Council Opposition, This Time in Salt Lake City (Tribune)
- Connecticut Collects $15 Million to Spur Transit-Oriented Development (Courant)
- 8 Awe-Inspiring Mass Transit Systems That Changed Their Cities (io9)
- Smart Growth for Conservatives Responds to the Anti-Density Sunlight Argument
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