Today’s Headlines
Sidewalk Labs and Transportation for America Team Up on “Smart Streets” (NextCity) FHWA Releases New Rule Governing Metropolitan Planning Organizations (Progressive Railroading) Atlanta Rolling Out Very Small Bike-Share System Next Week (Atlanta INtown) Arlington Planning Temporary Bus Lanes During Metro Safety Shutdown (WaPo) Columbus Wins $37 Million Federal Grant for BRT Project (Dispatch) Iowa City … Continued
8:59 AM EDT on June 2, 2016
- Sidewalk Labs and Transportation for America Team Up on “Smart Streets” (NextCity)
- FHWA Releases New Rule Governing Metropolitan Planning Organizations (Progressive Railroading)
- Atlanta Rolling Out Very Small Bike-Share System Next Week (Atlanta INtown)
- Arlington Planning Temporary Bus Lanes During Metro Safety Shutdown (WaPo)
- Columbus Wins $37 Million Federal Grant for BRT Project (Dispatch)
- Iowa City Wants to be a Gold-Level Bike Friendly City (Press-Citizen)
- Cyclists Press London’s New Mayor to Fulfill His Safety Promises (Evening Standard)
- Expedia to Move Headquarters From Suburb to Seattle (Wall Street Journal)
- Guardian Looks Back at NYC’s Bid for a Car-Free Zone
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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