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Today’s Headlines

Study: Walkable Neighborhoods Cut Obesity, Diabetes 10 Percent (NYT) Opening Date for Cincinnati Streetcar Set for This Fall (WMUB) Milwaukee Area Planners Predict BRT Will Attract an Additional 9,000 Riders (Wauwatoosa Now) Twin Cities Light Rail Plan in Doubt After State Punted on Funding (Star Tribune) Gainsville Sun to FDOT: Don’t Expand Underperforming, Sprawl-Inducing Toll Road … Continued
  • Study: Walkable Neighborhoods Cut Obesity, Diabetes 10 Percent (NYT)
  • Opening Date for Cincinnati Streetcar Set for This Fall (WMUB)
  • Milwaukee Area Planners Predict BRT Will Attract an Additional 9,000 Riders (Wauwatoosa Now)
  • Twin Cities Light Rail Plan in Doubt After State Punted on Funding (Star Tribune)
  • Gainsville Sun to FDOT: Don’t Expand Underperforming, Sprawl-Inducing Toll Road
  • Business Owners in San Diego Up in Arms Over Bike Lane Plan That Would Reduce Parking (CBS 8)
  • The Stranger: Seattle Betrays Cyclists by Ignoring Dangerous Streets
  • Salt Lake City Changing Zoning to Promote Streetcar Ridership (Tribune)
  • Racial Divide Over Wake County’s Transit Plans (Indy Week)
  • Forbes Writer Compares Light Rail to Landlines
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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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