Today’s Headlines
GOP Transportation Platform Recycles Old Ideas — Like Defunding Transit (Politico) Foxx Calls for Tough Safety Regulations on Driverless Cars in Light of Tesla Wreck (LA Times) Transit Was Key in Bringing the RNC to Cleveland, But It’s Under Threat (WaPo) Political Convention Cities Highlight the Gross Inequality Within Modern Cities (NYT) Massachusetts House Okays Bill … Continued
8:58 AM EDT on July 20, 2016
- GOP Transportation Platform Recycles Old Ideas — Like Defunding Transit (Politico)
- Foxx Calls for Tough Safety Regulations on Driverless Cars in Light of Tesla Wreck (LA Times)
- Transit Was Key in Bringing the RNC to Cleveland, But It’s Under Threat (WaPo)
- Political Convention Cities Highlight the Gross Inequality Within Modern Cities (NYT)
- Massachusetts House Okays Bill to Fine Driver $100 for Parking in the Bike Lane (WWLP)
- Victory: Charleston City Council Votes to Install Bike Lane on Key Bridge (Post & Courier)
- Lansing, Michigan, May Throw Out Plans for Bus Rapid Transit (WILX)
- Walkable Cities Have Higher GDP and Education Levels, Study Shows. Why? (BBC)
- Strong Towns Introduces the “Walmart Index,” Examining Tax Productivity of Big Box Stores
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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