Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More Than 40,000 People Were Killed in Traffic in the U.S. Last Year, a 6 Percent Increase (NYT) …Washington State Bucks the Trend (Seattle Times) World Bank Releases New Tool for Measuring “Accessibility” (Brookings) Study: Drivers Less Likely to Stop for People of Color in Crosswalks (NPR) South Carolina Withholding Custody of Four-Year-Old Boy Until Parents … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:59 AM EST on February 16, 2017

More Than 40,000 People Were Killed in Traffic in the U.S. Last Year, a 6 Percent Increase (NYT)
…Washington State Bucks the Trend (Seattle Times)
World Bank Releases New Tool for Measuring “Accessibility” (Brookings)
Study: Drivers Less Likely to Stop for People of Color in Crosswalks (NPR)
South Carolina Withholding Custody of Four-Year-Old Boy Until Parents Get a Car (WCIV)
Dutch Town Adds LED Crosswalks (Engadget)
Baltimore City Councilman Wants to More than Double Fine for Parking in the Bike Lane (Baltimore Sun)
States Giving Localities Less Aid Since the Recession (Governing)
Construction Has Started on New Haven’s Highway Teardown (Revitalization News)

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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