Today’s Headlines
- With Better Safety Oversight in Place, DC-Area Legislators Want Chao to Restore WMATA Funding (Post, WTOP)
- Video: Silicon Valley Driver Hurls Racist Epithet at Woman Bicycling With 9-Year-Old Daughter (HuffPo, SF Weekly)
- Buses That Automatically Stop for Pedestrians Will Roll Out Starting in 2018 (CNET)
- Expanding Bike Paths Would Be a Lifeline for Low-Income Cincinnati Residents (CityBeat)
- Seattle Takes the Lead Regulating Bike-Share Start-Ups as System Prepares Launch By End of Week (KOMO)
- French Quarter Transportation Study Suggests Parking Tweaks, Dismisses Pedestrianization (New Orleans Advocate)
- Service Cuts on Hold as Middletown, CT, Transit Agency Fires Leadership, Seeks State Oversight (Hartford Courant)
- Violent Arrest Captured on Video After Police in Mesa, AZ, Stop Man for Crossing Against Light (12 News)
- Texas Editorial Asks for Safe Crosswalks, Please, as Police Begin Anti-Pedestrian Crackdown (Victoria Advocate)
- Welcome to the Club! Twin Cities Transit Advocacy Groups Launch Podcast (Next City)
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