Today’s Headlines
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to Meet With Trump to Talk Taxes, Infrastructure (CNN) Statehouse Bills Would Allow Austin Build Light Rail Without Voter Approval (Statesman) Wealthy Seattle-Area NIMBYs File Lawsuit to Delay Light Rail (Seattle Transit Blog, The Stranger) Former Florida DOT Reformer Billy Hattaway Tasked With Making Orlando Walkable (WMFE) Midtown Atlanta Will Emphasize … Continued
8:58 AM EST on February 15, 2017
- Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to Meet With Trump to Talk Taxes, Infrastructure (CNN)
- Statehouse Bills Would Allow Austin Build Light Rail Without Voter Approval (Statesman)
- Wealthy Seattle-Area NIMBYs File Lawsuit to Delay Light Rail (Seattle Transit Blog, The Stranger)
- Former Florida DOT Reformer Billy Hattaway Tasked With Making Orlando Walkable (WMFE)
- Midtown Atlanta Will Emphasize Bike Improvements (Creative Loafing)
- Study: More Than Half of Drivers Have Texted, Run Red Light or Sped in the Last 30 Days (WTOP)
- French People Are 20 Times More Likely to Cross on Red Than Japanese (Science Magazine)
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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