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
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 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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