Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

U.S. DOT Sets Goal of Zero Traffic Deaths in 30 Years (AP) Nationwide Traffic Deaths Up 10 Percent in the First Half of 2016 (NYT) Richmond Will Overhaul Bus Routes to Emphasize Frequency Rather Than Coverage (Times Dispatch) Seattle Metro Exploring Program to Let People Rent Parking Spaces Out to Park-and-Riders (NextCity) Train in New Jersey … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:57 AM EDT on October 6, 2016

U.S. DOT Sets Goal of Zero Traffic Deaths in 30 Years (AP)
Nationwide Traffic Deaths Up 10 Percent in the First Half of 2016 (NYT)
Richmond Will Overhaul Bus Routes to Emphasize Frequency Rather Than Coverage (Times Dispatch)
Seattle Metro Exploring Program to Let People Rent Parking Spaces Out to Park-and-Riders (NextCity)
Train in New Jersey Crash May Have Been Traveling Two or Three Times the Speed Limit (Politico)
Bicycling Magazine: Charleston the Worst City for Bicyclists in 2016
Suburban Interests Form Opposition Group to Detroit’s $4.6 Billion Regional Transit Initiative (Detroit News)
Google’s Self-Driving Car Has Logged 2 Million Miles (Recode)
WaPo Reports on Unsheltered Population Living in Their Cars in Northern Virginia

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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