Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Feds Still Site Huge New Government Offices in Sprawling Places Without Transit (Governing) The Economist: America’s Traffic Safety Record Is the Worst in the Developed World Federal Regulators May Require Large Trucks to Use Speed-Limiting Devices (Argus Leader) Tennessee Must Reverse Lax Drunk Driving Law or Lose Federal Funding (Knoxville News Sentinel) FTA Doubles Down on Its Disastrous Buy … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:58 AM EDT on September 7, 2016

Feds Still Site Huge New Government Offices in Sprawling Places Without Transit (Governing)
The Economist: America’s Traffic Safety Record Is the Worst in the Developed World
Federal Regulators May Require Large Trucks to Use Speed-Limiting Devices (Argus Leader)
Tennessee Must Reverse Lax Drunk Driving Law or Lose Federal Funding (Knoxville News Sentinel)
FTA Doubles Down on Its Disastrous Buy America Requirement for Rolling Stock (Steel Orbis)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Takes Action to Protect Cyclists After June Death (WWMT)
Online Tool Will Explore Connection Between Transit and Gentrification in L.A. (CityLab)
BART Offering Incentive to Commute Outside Peak Rush (Curbed SF)
Cincinnati Streetcar Launches Friday (Enquirer)

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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