Today’s Headlines
Austin Considering Legislation Banning Lingering on the Sidewalk Next to Busy Roads (KXAN) Video Shows New Kansas City Streetcar Being Stopped by Illegally Parked Cars (KC Star) Driver Who Mowed Down Five Cyclists, Killing Two, “Not Guilty” (Bike Cleveland) Visionary Behind the Beltline Tapped to Run “Atlanta City Design Project” (Saporta Report) Iowa Bill Would Require Drivers to Change Lanes … Continued
8:54 AM EST on February 26, 2016
- Austin Considering Legislation Banning Lingering on the Sidewalk Next to Busy Roads (KXAN)
- Video Shows New Kansas City Streetcar Being Stopped by Illegally Parked Cars (KC Star)
- Driver Who Mowed Down Five Cyclists, Killing Two, “Not Guilty” (Bike Cleveland)
- Visionary Behind the Beltline Tapped to Run “Atlanta City Design Project” (Saporta Report)
- Iowa Bill Would Require Drivers to Change Lanes for Cyclists (WHOtv.com)
- Pedestrian Deaths on the Rise in Minnesota (KMSP)
- Clash Over Proposed Bus Rapid Transit in Calgary (CBC)
- Light Rail to Portland Burb Vancouver Revived in Oregon Statehouse (Willamette Week)
- Americans Wasting More Time Commuting (Washington Post)
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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