Today’s Headlines
Boston Advocates: MBTA Violated Civil Rights When It Ended Late Night Service (Globe) Pittsburgh Bike Safety Campaign: Cyclists “Aren’t Always Right,” “Are Always Fragile” (WESA) Horrifying Australian Traffic Safety Campaign Imagines Human Body Meant to Withstand Crash Cleveland, Mobile, Pittsburgh Snag Funds in New Round of TIGER Grants New Federal Rule Will Require Transit Agencies to Develop Asset … Continued
9:00 AM EDT on July 27, 2016
- Boston Advocates: MBTA Violated Civil Rights When It Ended Late Night Service (Globe)
- Pittsburgh Bike Safety Campaign: Cyclists “Aren’t Always Right,” “Are Always Fragile” (WESA)
- Horrifying Australian Traffic Safety Campaign Imagines Human Body Meant to Withstand Crash
- Cleveland, Mobile, Pittsburgh Snag Funds in New Round of TIGER Grants
- New Federal Rule Will Require Transit Agencies to Develop Asset Management Plans (MassTransitMag)
- Doctors Worried Pokémon Go (i.e. Cars) Endangers Kids (KSAT)
- Edmonton Planning a Calgary-Like Protected Bike Lane Network (Metro News)
- Mercedes Demonstrates Self-Driving Bus in Amsterdam (Treehugger)
- Detroit’s “Sprawl King” Trying to Kill Plans for Decent Regional Transit (Motor City Freedom Riders)
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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