Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Uber and Lyft Want to Replace Bus Service in Sprawling Areas (Bloomberg) How Many Americans Don’t Know How to Ride a Bike? (FiveThirtyEight) 46 States Now Ban Texting and Driving (State Knowledge Center) 10 Cities That Are Booting Cars Off Their Streets (Business Insider) Dallas Plans to Build a Parking Deck on a Highway Deck (Dallas News) … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:58 AM EDT on August 17, 2016

Uber and Lyft Want to Replace Bus Service in Sprawling Areas (Bloomberg)
How Many Americans Don’t Know How to Ride a Bike? (FiveThirtyEight)
46 States Now Ban Texting and Driving (State Knowledge Center)
10 Cities That Are Booting Cars Off Their Streets (Business Insider)
Dallas Plans to Build a Parking Deck on a Highway Deck (Dallas News)
FTA: Closing Cleveland’s Public Square to Buses Would Violate BRT Agreement (Plain Dealer)
White House Sets New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks (WaPo)
FRA Awards $25 Million for 11 Positive Train Control Projects (Global Travel Industry News)
“Transit Armageddon” Coming to New Jersey if New Tunnels Aren’t Fast-Tracked (NJ.com)
RedFin Ranks the 10 American Cities Building the Most Walkable Development (Construction Dive)

Angie Schmitt

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.

Today's Headlines

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