Today’s Headlines
Atlanta Beltline Founder Explains Why He Resigned From the Organization’s Board (Creative Loafing) Where Should the Next Billion People Live? (Nature) Forbes: Inner-Ring Suburbs Need Some Attention New Urban Development Will Test El Paso’s Vision for Smart Growth (KFox14) Detroit Aims to Restore Density in Midtown, Where Rising Rents Have Attracted Developers (Mlive) Public Transit Must … Continued
8:06 AM EDT on September 29, 2016
- Atlanta Beltline Founder Explains Why He Resigned From the Organization’s Board (Creative Loafing)
- Where Should the Next Billion People Live? (Nature)
- Forbes: Inner-Ring Suburbs Need Some Attention
- New Urban Development Will Test El Paso’s Vision for Smart Growth (KFox14)
- Detroit Aims to Restore Density in Midtown, Where Rising Rents Have Attracted Developers (Mlive)
- Public Transit Must Be Fast, Cheap and Convenient (Torontoist)
- Survey Shows Detroit Transit Vote May Be Close (Free Press)
- Admiring Germany’s New Bike Superhighway, the Radschnellweg Ruhr (Urban Omnibus)
- Seattle Pedestrian Waits 26 Minutes for Walk Signal (K5)
- Survey Unpacks American Attitudes Toward Self-Driving Cars (Washington Post)
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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