Today’s Headlines
Detroit Has a $4.6 Billion Transit Decision to Make (NextCity) Minneapolis Rolls Out Rapid Buses After Five Years of Planning (WCCO) Gainesville’s Bike-Share Not Performing as Well as Expected (WCJB) North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Asks Legislature to Open Up Funding for Light Rail (News Observer) In Light of Safety Issues, Should D.C. Have Built the Silver Line? … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on June 9, 2016
- Detroit Has a $4.6 Billion Transit Decision to Make (NextCity)
- Minneapolis Rolls Out Rapid Buses After Five Years of Planning (WCCO)
- Gainesville’s Bike-Share Not Performing as Well as Expected (WCJB)
- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Asks Legislature to Open Up Funding for Light Rail (News Observer)
- In Light of Safety Issues, Should D.C. Have Built the Silver Line? Two Opinions (WaPo, Washingtonian)
- Are More People Biking to Work in D.C. Because of Metro’s Problems? (WJLA)
- Sprawl Still Dominant in Kansas City (KC Star)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Five Cyclists, Media Lectures Cyclists About Safety (WZZM13)
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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