Today’s Headlines
Transit-Oriented Development Planning Grants Awarded to 21 Communities (Transportation.gov) Ferguson Commission Report Recommends Better Transit, Among Other Interventions (Reuters) Can Signs Advertising Nearby Destinations Encourage Walking? (Livability.com) Seattle Transit Riders Union Pushing for Business Subsidies for Bus Service (NextCity) Uber Could Be the First to Test Completely Driverless Cars in Public (IEEE Spectrum) Suburban Twin Cities Resident … Continued
8:54 AM EDT on September 16, 2015
- Transit-Oriented Development Planning Grants Awarded to 21 Communities (Transportation.gov)
- Ferguson Commission Report Recommends Better Transit, Among Other Interventions (Reuters)
- Can Signs Advertising Nearby Destinations Encourage Walking? (Livability.com)
- Seattle Transit Riders Union Pushing for Business Subsidies for Bus Service (NextCity)
- Uber Could Be the First to Test Completely Driverless Cars in Public (IEEE Spectrum)
- Suburban Twin Cities Resident Lashes Out at “Smug Urbanists” (Star Tribune)
- American Society of Civil Engineers Spokesperson Says Ohio Needs a Higher Gas Tax (Plain Dealer)
- Louisiana Paper Summarizes Randall O’Toole, Charles Marohn Debate (The Advertiser)
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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