Today’s Headlines
LA’s Anti-Housing Measure S Fails Badly at Polls (LA Observed) Trump to Meet With Business Leaders on Infrastructure Plan (Reuters) Boston Announces Plan to Become the Most Walkable City in America (Masslive.com) Philadelphia Releases Vision Zero Action Plan — Here Are 18 Highlights (Philly Voice) Dying Shopping Malls Wreaking Havoc on Suburban America (Business Insider) Private Company … Continued
8:56 AM EST on March 8, 2017
- LA’s Anti-Housing Measure S Fails Badly at Polls (LA Observed)
- Trump to Meet With Business Leaders on Infrastructure Plan (Reuters)
- Boston Announces Plan to Become the Most Walkable City in America (Masslive.com)
- Philadelphia Releases Vision Zero Action Plan — Here Are 18 Highlights (Philly Voice)
- Dying Shopping Malls Wreaking Havoc on Suburban America (Business Insider)
- Private Company Wants to Partner on LA’s Orange Line, Speed Up Project (NextCity)
- London Parents Who Drop Kids at School by Car Will Be Fined (Treehugger)
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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