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White House Gives Up on Infrastructure Council (Bloomberg) Stamford, Connecticut, Considers Pedestrian-Shaming Measure Modeled After Honolulu (CBS New York) People of Dallas Hold a Second Line Funeral Parade for Dead Highway (Brandon Formby) Lack of Affordable Housing in SF Means 3-Hour Bus Commute for Some Workers (NYT) Washington Post Takes on the State Lawmakers That … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:59 AM EDT on August 18, 2017

White House Gives Up on Infrastructure Council (Bloomberg)
Stamford, Connecticut, Considers Pedestrian-Shaming Measure Modeled After Honolulu (CBS New York)
People of Dallas Hold a Second Line Funeral Parade for Dead Highway (Brandon Formby)
Lack of Affordable Housing in SF Means 3-Hour Bus Commute for Some Workers (NYT)
Washington Post Takes on the State Lawmakers That Tried to Legalize Vehicular Homicide Against Protesters
Plunger Bike Lane Appears in Rochester (Spectrum News)
Shared Electric Cars Are Challenging the Private Ownership Model in Spain (Frontier Group)
Charleston Leaders Continue to Stall on Safe Bike Access to Central City (Post and Courier)

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.

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