Today’s Headlines
Cutting Transit Service in Boston Would be Costly (Frontier Group) City Observatory Pans the FAST Act Suburbs Struggle With Taxing Reverse Commuters (Governing) “Distracted Walking” Injuries Increasing, Doctors Say (NYT) Maine Officials Blame Spike in Pedestrian Deaths on Nice Weather (Centralmaine.com) Omaha Debates Whether It Needs More Parking Garages (Omaha.com) Nova Scotia Boosts Jaywalking Fine … Continued
8:57 AM EST on December 9, 2015
- Cutting Transit Service in Boston Would be Costly (Frontier Group)
- City Observatory Pans the FAST Act
- Suburbs Struggle With Taxing Reverse Commuters (Governing)
- “Distracted Walking” Injuries Increasing, Doctors Say (NYT)
- Maine Officials Blame Spike in Pedestrian Deaths on Nice Weather (Centralmaine.com)
- Omaha Debates Whether It Needs More Parking Garages (Omaha.com)
- Nova Scotia Boosts Jaywalking Fine to $700 (Globe and Mail)
- Toronto to Ticket Bike Lane Parkers by Mail (The Star)
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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