Today’s Headlines
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
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 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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