Today’s Headlines
- LA Times Backs State Bill to Follow NYC's Lead and Reform Outdated Pedestrian Signal Laws
- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: "Parking Adds Significantly to the Cost of Affordable Housing" (BikePortland)
- Parking Undermines "Transit-Oriented" Development Along Light Rail Line (Charlotte Observer)
- At-Large Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens Proposes Creating an Atlanta DOT (Saporta Report)
- Boston Globe Checks In on Chris Osgood During His Second Year as Boston's First Chief of Streets
- Traffic Deaths in Kansas City Skyrocketing, More Families Mourn (Fox 4)
- If North Carolina Wants to Tackle Air Pollution, It Has to Stop Expanding Highways (News & Observer)
- OC Register Can't Wrap Its Head Around Why Rail Transit Is a Good Idea
- WMATA Isn't Losing Riders as Quickly as It Had Been, and That Counts as Good News (WaPo)
- Las Vegas Bike-Share Celebrates 10,000 Rides (Sun)
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