Today’s Headlines
Surprisingly, Distracted Driving Isn’t to Blame for Spike in Road Deaths (The Verge) Kansas City Voters Elect Pro-Streetcar Slate (Star) Philly Tries to Avoid Bikelash by Engaging Neighborhoods on Vision Zero (Next City) Detroit Invests in Sidewalks and Bike Lanes to Help Commercial Corridors (MLive) Baltimore Sun: City Needs Better Bike Infrastructure Whether Amazon Comes … Continued
By
Blake Aued
8:56 AM EDT on October 9, 2017
- Surprisingly, Distracted Driving Isn’t to Blame for Spike in Road Deaths (The Verge)
- Kansas City Voters Elect Pro-Streetcar Slate (Star)
- Philly Tries to Avoid Bikelash by Engaging Neighborhoods on Vision Zero (Next City)
- Detroit Invests in Sidewalks and Bike Lanes to Help Commercial Corridors (MLive)
- Baltimore Sun: City Needs Better Bike Infrastructure Whether Amazon Comes or Not
- Cincinnati Uses Streetcar Money to Figure How to Move Cars Faster (Enquirer)
- Milwaukee Streetcar Sells Name Rights, Will Be Free for a Year (Fox 6; Urban Milwaukee; Journal Sentinel)
- Racist MN Mayoral Candidate Says Light Rail Would Bring in “Riff Raff” (Star Trib)
- Anti-Cyclist Pittsburgh Council Member Caught Driving in Pedestrian Path (City Paper)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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