Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Resumes Service After 29-Hour Shutdown; “Most Issues Fixed,” Officials Say (CBS News) Metro Shutdown Tops Agenda in Senate Hearing (WaPo); Chair Argues for Steady Capital Funding (AP) Police Adjust Traffic Rules in Light of Metro Shutdown (Newsplex) DC Cabs Says Shutdown Hurt Business Because They Were Stuck in Traffic (CNBC) WaPo: Metro Shutdown Caused … Continued
8:58 AM EDT on March 17, 2016
- DC Metro Resumes Service After 29-Hour Shutdown; “Most Issues Fixed,” Officials Say (CBS News)
- Metro Shutdown Tops Agenda in Senate Hearing (WaPo); Chair Argues for Steady Capital Funding (AP)
- Police Adjust Traffic Rules in Light of Metro Shutdown (Newsplex)
- DC Cabs Says Shutdown Hurt Business Because They Were Stuck in Traffic (CNBC)
- WaPo: Metro Shutdown Caused by Our Tolerance for Urban Decay
- NPR: Even Developing World Cities Don’t Shut Down Their Subway for a Day
- Gizmodo: Congress Doesn’t Seem to Get Why U.S. Needs Self-Driving Cars
- Courier-Journal: Louisville’s Streets a Pedestrian Danger Zone
- Indiana Saw 18% Increase in Pedestrian Deaths in 2015 (WBIW)
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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