Today’s Headlines
Diane Rehm Show Examines the Urban Shift Against Car-Based Planning Transit Champion Robert Kiley Dies at 80 (WaPo) Cities Catch on to the High Cost of Free Parking (Governing) Despite Bipartisan Backing, Twin Cities Orange Line Needs Cash (StarTrib) Denver Tries Out Free Lyft Rides to Light Rail (Denver Biz Journal) St. Louis Parking Funds Go Toward Transit … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:53 AM EDT on August 12, 2016
- Diane Rehm Show Examines the Urban Shift Against Car-Based Planning
- Transit Champion Robert Kiley Dies at 80 (WaPo)
- Cities Catch on to the High Cost of Free Parking (Governing)
- Despite Bipartisan Backing, Twin Cities Orange Line Needs Cash (StarTrib)
- Denver Tries Out Free Lyft Rides to Light Rail (Denver Biz Journal)
- St. Louis Parking Funds Go Toward Transit Expansion Study (STL Today)
- A Visualization of Bike-Share Traffic in Three Major Cities (Vox)
- South Texas Explores Options for Passenger Rail (Austin Biz Journal)
- A Slew of Bike Projects Get Funding in Orange County, California (KPCC)
- Activist Wants to See More Black Cyclists in Atlanta (Bicycling)
- The Right Way to Design a Freeway Underpass (Curbed)
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