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
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 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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