Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Urbanists Won Seattle’s Election (Seattle Times) Measure to Sharply Reduce Gas Tax, “Devolve” Transportation Funding Fails Badly (The Hill) Anti-Bike and Pedestrian Amendments Shot Down in House Committee (Bike League) Portland’s Ex-Metro Director Says ODOT Lied About Columbia River Crossing (Oregon Live) U.S. DOT Releases Transportation Health Tool Uber’s Trying to Reach Suburbanites Who Drive … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:54 AM EST on November 5, 2015

Urbanists Won Seattle’s Election (Seattle Times)
Measure to Sharply Reduce Gas Tax, “Devolve” Transportation Funding Fails Badly (The Hill)
Anti-Bike and Pedestrian Amendments Shot Down in House Committee (Bike League)
Portland’s Ex-Metro Director Says ODOT Lied About Columbia River Crossing (Oregon Live)
U.S. DOT Releases Transportation Health Tool
Uber’s Trying to Reach Suburbanites Who Drive to the Train (Lohud)
Trend Alert: Biking Somewhere Far Away and Taking the Train Home (Business Insider)
Boston’s $650,000 Parking Space (CNBC)
Houston Chronicle: Road Spending Popular, But Its Effects Fleeting
Capitol Hill Could Be Getting a Protected Bike Lane (Roll Call)

Angie Schmitt

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.

Today's Headlines

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