Today’s Headlines
The Problem With “Same Rules, Same Roads, Same Rights” (Connect Savannah) DC Streetcar Begins “Pre-Revenue Operations” Today (DC Streetcar) A Bad Year for Traffic Deaths in San Jose Just Got Worse (Mercury News) Buckhead Businesses Put the Kibosh on Bike Lane in Atlanta (Curbed) Tampa’s New Downtown Protected Bike Lane Now in Place (WSTP) Portland … Continued
8:56 AM EST on December 16, 2015
- The Problem With “Same Rules, Same Roads, Same Rights” (Connect Savannah)
- DC Streetcar Begins “Pre-Revenue Operations” Today (DC Streetcar)
- A Bad Year for Traffic Deaths in San Jose Just Got Worse (Mercury News)
- Buckhead Businesses Put the Kibosh on Bike Lane in Atlanta (Curbed)
- Tampa’s New Downtown Protected Bike Lane Now in Place (WSTP)
- Portland Cyclists Demand Changes After Deadly Hit-and-Run (KOBI5)
- Young People’s Aversion to Car-Buying Stumps Automakers (Fast Company)
- “UberHop” Might Violate Toronto Transit’s Legal Right to Monopoly (Star)
- Young, Deadly Drunk Driver Who Used “Affluenza” Defense Violating Probation (Fox 8)
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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