Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Shorter U.S. Life Expectancy Mostly Explained by Drugs, Guns, and Cars (Reuters) Computers Will Count as Drivers Under Federal Regulations for Self-Driving Cars (Boston Globe) Grand Rapids BRT Project Would Get $57 Million Under Obama’s “DOA” Budget (Mass Transit) …Purple Line in D.C. Would Be in Line for Funding As Well (WaPo) Obama’s Budget Calls for … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:54 AM EST on February 11, 2016

Shorter U.S. Life Expectancy Mostly Explained by Drugs, Guns, and Cars (Reuters)
Computers Will Count as Drivers Under Federal Regulations for Self-Driving Cars (Boston Globe)
Grand Rapids BRT Project Would Get $57 Million Under Obama’s “DOA” Budget (Mass Transit)
…Purple Line in D.C. Would Be in Line for Funding As Well (WaPo)
Obama’s Budget Calls for Expanded Urban Development Programs (Smart Growth America)
Plus, More Detail About Which Transit Projects Are Recommended for Funding (FTA)
Hawaii Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Cell Phone Use By Pedestrians in the Crosswalk (KHON2)
Work to Begin Widening I-75 in Detroit Suburbs; Local “Sprawl King” Calls It “Main Street” (Detroit News)
Massachusetts Rep Wants to Raise Fines for Jaywalking (State House News Service)
Atlanta’s War on Density (Atlanta Studies)

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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