Today’s Headlines
Toronto Leaders Unveil Enormous Transit Expansion Package (MetroNews.ca) Gizmodo: “Streetcars Are the Great Urban Gimmick of Our Time” CityLab on Kansas City’s “Great Microtransit Experiment” Santa Barbara Businesses Challenging Bike Lane Under CA Environmental Regulations (Independent) Nashville Area Mayors Approve $1.2 Billion for Transit Over 25 Years (Nashville Business Journal) Detroit Sprawl King: “One Man’s Sprawl Is … Continued
8:58 AM EST on February 18, 2016
- Toronto Leaders Unveil Enormous Transit Expansion Package (MetroNews.ca)
- Gizmodo: “Streetcars Are the Great Urban Gimmick of Our Time”
- CityLab on Kansas City’s “Great Microtransit Experiment”
- Santa Barbara Businesses Challenging Bike Lane Under CA Environmental Regulations (Independent)
- Nashville Area Mayors Approve $1.2 Billion for Transit Over 25 Years (Nashville Business Journal)
- Detroit Sprawl King: “One Man’s Sprawl Is Another Man’s Economic Development” (WDET)
- Detroit Inner-Ring Suburb Royal Oak to Discuss Legal Challenge to I-75 Expansion (Oakland Express)
- FRA Head Urges State DOTs to Study Rail Crossings (Lohud.com)
- Some Ports Disappointed With Obama’s Transportation Budget Proposal (Joc.com)
- San Diego Breaks Ground on $131 Million, 21-mile Bus Route (Times of San Diego)
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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