Today’s Headlines
Sprawl Contributing to Houston’s Horrible Flooding Problems (ABC News) Transit Use Isn’t Surging; Driving Still Too Cheap (WaPo) Feds Find 229 Safety Defects During D.C. Metro Inspection (ABC News) Did Light Rail Between Minneapolis and St. Paul Spur $4.2 Billion in Investment? (Pioneer Press) Provo, Utah, Residents Trying to Block Bus Rapid Transit Project (Salt Lake … Continued
8:57 AM EDT on April 20, 2016
- Sprawl Contributing to Houston’s Horrible Flooding Problems (ABC News)
- Transit Use Isn’t Surging; Driving Still Too Cheap (WaPo)
- Feds Find 229 Safety Defects During D.C. Metro Inspection (ABC News)
- Did Light Rail Between Minneapolis and St. Paul Spur $4.2 Billion in Investment? (Pioneer Press)
- Provo, Utah, Residents Trying to Block Bus Rapid Transit Project (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Plan for BRT to Suburban Milwaukee Meeting Suburban Resistance (Wauwatosa Now)
- Residents Push Back Against Sprawl Outside of Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)
- How to Speed Up Light Rail Plans in Seattle (The Stranger)
- Money-Hungry Missouri DOT May Withhold Funds From Cities (Governing)
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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