Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Pedestrian Deaths Up 10 Percent Last Year (Christian Science Monitor) “Fastest Jump… Ever” (Newser) Ped Deaths Up 60 Percent in Utah (KUTV), 124 percent in Ohio (NewsNet5) 2015 Was “Deadliest Year Ever” for Pedestrians in Orange County, California (OC Register) Media Blames “Distracted Pedestrians” (WIVB) State Lawmakers Trying to Save Late Night Transit Service in Boston … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:53 AM EST on March 9, 2016

Pedestrian Deaths Up 10 Percent Last Year (Christian Science Monitor) “Fastest Jump… Ever” (Newser)
Ped Deaths Up 60 Percent in Utah (KUTV), 124 percent in Ohio (NewsNet5)
2015 Was “Deadliest Year Ever” for Pedestrians in Orange County, California (OC Register)
Media Blames “Distracted Pedestrians” (WIVB)
State Lawmakers Trying to Save Late Night Transit Service in Boston (Globe)
Making Cleveland More Urban Through New Zoning Will Require “Culture Shift” (Cleveland.com)
Charleston City Council Places Moratorium on Walkable “Gathering Place” Zoning (Post and Courier)
Researchers Settle on 7.7-Mile Light Rail Plan for Ann Arbor (Rail Journal)

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.

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