Today’s Headlines
Target Cutting Staff as It Transitions to Smaller, More Urban Stores (Next City) NC Lawmaker Wants to Replace Gas Tax With Flat Annual Fee for Motorists (Charlotte Observer) Grist: Equitable Placement of Bike Lanes an Important Social Justice Issue Texas State Lawmaker Wants to Refuse Federal Funding for Transit (Planetizen) Phoenix Moving Ahead With Tax … Continued
8:54 AM EDT on March 12, 2015
- Target Cutting Staff as It Transitions to Smaller, More Urban Stores (Next City)
- NC Lawmaker Wants to Replace Gas Tax With Flat Annual Fee for Motorists (Charlotte Observer)
- Grist: Equitable Placement of Bike Lanes an Important Social Justice Issue
- Texas State Lawmaker Wants to Refuse Federal Funding for Transit (Planetizen)
- Phoenix Moving Ahead With Tax Plan for Major Transit Expansion (Arizona Republic)
- DC Not Keeping Up With Housing Demand (City Paper)
- Six Ideas From the World Bicycling Forum (City Fix)
- Lyft Now Valued at $2.5 Billion (Tech Crunch)
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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