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Slate Wishes Jane Jacobs a Happy 100th Birthday; Google Home Page Honors Her Legacy Pricetag for Heavy Rail to Atlanta’s Northern Suburbs: $7 Bil; For BRT: $600 Mil (Business Chronicle) Charleston Leaders Likely to Kill Bike Lane Pilot on Important Bridge (Post and Courier) LA Ordered to Pay $23 Million for Dangerous Intersection that Resulted in Traffic Death (LA Times) St. … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:56 AM EDT on May 4, 2016

Slate Wishes Jane Jacobs a Happy 100th Birthday; Google Home Page Honors Her Legacy
Pricetag for Heavy Rail to Atlanta’s Northern Suburbs: $7 Bil; For BRT: $600 Mil (Business Chronicle)
Charleston Leaders Likely to Kill Bike Lane Pilot on Important Bridge (Post and Courier)
LA Ordered to Pay $23 Million for Dangerous Intersection that Resulted in Traffic Death (LA Times)
St. Paul Police Ticketing Drivers Who Fail to Yield to Pedestrians (Star Tribune)
Connecticut Bill Would Raise Fine for Hitting a Pedestrian to $500 If Governor Signs (CT Post)
Washington State Lawmakers Increase Penalty Against Duckboats for Safety Violations (Seattle Times)
Streetsblog Chicago: TOD Isn’t to Blame for City’s Affordable Housing Crunch
New York Suburbs Trying to Lure Young Professionals (The Journal News)

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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