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
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 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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