Today’s Headlines
Can the World Halve Traffic Deaths and Injuries By 2020? (Guardian) Star Trib: Twin Cities Can’t Afford to Give Up on Transit Expansion Projects Connecticut Divided on NE Corridor Amtrak Plans (CT Mirror) The Case for Single Ride Bike-Share Fares (NextCity) Governing: Why Are New Cities So Blah? Changing Track on the Dallas Light-Rail Plan (Dallas News) In New … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on August 2, 2016
- Can the World Halve Traffic Deaths and Injuries By 2020? (Guardian)
- Star Trib: Twin Cities Can’t Afford to Give Up on Transit Expansion Projects
- Connecticut Divided on NE Corridor Amtrak Plans (CT Mirror)
- The Case for Single Ride Bike-Share Fares (NextCity)
- Governing: Why Are New Cities So Blah?
- Changing Track on the Dallas Light-Rail Plan (Dallas News)
- In New Haven, TIGER Grant to Turn Highway Stub Into Urban Boulevard (AP)
- Grist: Cities Are Getting Smarter on Parking
- Silicon Valley Still More Trusted Than Automakers on Self-Driving Cars (WSJ)
- Boston Transit Makes More Data Public (Boston Globe)
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