Today’s Headlines
How Urban Design Perpetuates Racial Inequality (FastCoDesign) Forget Bells and Whistles — Transit Riders Just Want Good Service (WaPo) Feds, Texas Explore Rail Options for Congested 1-35 Corridor (Dallas Biz Journal) Pokemon Go Crash Highlights the Ongoing Dangers of the Texting-and-Driving Epidemic (WaPo) Grist: What Climate-Friendly Urban Policy Looks Like Will Low Gas Prices Weaken Fuel Economy Standards? (AP) Transit-Oriented Developments … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on July 19, 2016
- How Urban Design Perpetuates Racial Inequality (FastCoDesign)
- Forget Bells and Whistles — Transit Riders Just Want Good Service (WaPo)
- Feds, Texas Explore Rail Options for Congested 1-35 Corridor (Dallas Biz Journal)
- Pokemon Go Crash Highlights the Ongoing Dangers of the Texting-and-Driving Epidemic (WaPo)
- Grist: What Climate-Friendly Urban Policy Looks Like
- Will Low Gas Prices Weaken Fuel Economy Standards? (AP)
- Transit-Oriented Developments Proliferate in Chicago (Architects Newspaper)
- In Support of Highway Removal and Linear Parks (HuffPo)
- Minneapolis Shifts to Complete Streets (TC Daily Planet)
- Comic-Con Fills Up San Diego Trolley Cars (inewsource)
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