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Barcelona’s “Superblocks” Concept Would Limit Cars to Major Thoroughfares (Guardian) Top 5 “Infrastructure Emergencies” Include Metrorail, Gateway Tunnel (The Hill) Denver Highway Opponents Protest Outside Anthony Foxx’s “Smart City” Visit to Denver (Denver Post) Kansas City Streetcar Carried 57,000 Riders Its First Week (KC Star) Google to Patent “Flypaper” Innovation to Protect Pedestrians Hit By Self-Driving Cars (Mercury … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:54 AM EDT on May 18, 2016

Barcelona’s “Superblocks” Concept Would Limit Cars to Major Thoroughfares (Guardian)
Top 5 “Infrastructure Emergencies” Include Metrorail, Gateway Tunnel (The Hill)
Denver Highway Opponents Protest Outside Anthony Foxx’s “Smart City” Visit to Denver (Denver Post)
Kansas City Streetcar Carried 57,000 Riders Its First Week (KC Star)
Google to Patent “Flypaper” Innovation to Protect Pedestrians Hit By Self-Driving Cars (Mercury News)
Pima County to Limit How Long Pedestrians Can Stand in the Median (Arizona Daily Star)
The West’s Natural Lands Are Disappearing to Sprawl (Huffington Post)
Houston Mayor Wants Residents to Embrace More Than Cars (Chronicle)

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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