Today’s Headlines
Seattle Mayor Unveils Plan to Build 250 Miles of Sidewalks (Seattle.gov) What We Can Learn From “Bike Crazy” Davis, California (NextCity) Woman Seriously Injured by Cyclist Near Portland’s New Car-Free Bridge (Bike Portland) Michigan House Passes Gas Tax Increase (Free Press) Baton Rouge Rejects Ring Road Plan Based on Cost (Sun Herald) Buffalo’s Updated Zoning … Continued
8:54 AM EDT on October 22, 2015
- Seattle Mayor Unveils Plan to Build 250 Miles of Sidewalks (Seattle.gov)
- What We Can Learn From “Bike Crazy” Davis, California (NextCity)
- Woman Seriously Injured by Cyclist Near Portland’s New Car-Free Bridge (Bike Portland)
- Michigan House Passes Gas Tax Increase (Free Press)
- Baton Rouge Rejects Ring Road Plan Based on Cost (Sun Herald)
- Buffalo’s Updated Zoning Code Will Promote Urbanism (Buffalo News)
- What It’s Like to Be Car-Free in St. Louis (Riverfront Times)
- Dallas Planning Major Transit Overhaul. Will It Be Like Houston’s? (Dallas Morning News)
- CityLab Interprets Drake’s “Hotline Bling”
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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