Today’s Headlines
Traffic Deaths Increasing Faster Than Any Time in 50 Years (The Hill) Portland Traffic Fatalities So Far This Year Have Already Exceeded 2016 (KOIN) Work on Boston’s South Bay Harbor Trail Will Restart This Spring (Globe) Seattle Mayoral Candidates Want to Expedite Light Rail Expansion (My Ballard; Times) San Antonio Mayor: Traffic Will “Strangle” the … Continued
By
Blake Aued
8:59 AM EDT on October 11, 2017
- Traffic Deaths Increasing Faster Than Any Time in 50 Years (The Hill)
- Portland Traffic Fatalities So Far This Year Have Already Exceeded 2016 (KOIN)
- Work on Boston’s South Bay Harbor Trail Will Restart This Spring (Globe)
- Seattle Mayoral Candidates Want to Expedite Light Rail Expansion (My Ballard; Times)
- San Antonio Mayor: Traffic Will “Strangle” the Next Generation (Express News)
- Oklahoma City Streetcar Will Start Running Next November (News 9)
- Instead of Making Street Safe to Cross, Colorado Springs Puts Up Fence (The Scribe)
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Is No Friend to Cyclists (The Cap Times)
- Hartford Nonprofit Looks to Set Up Space to Rehab and Maintain Bikes (Courant)
- Yet Another Dockless Bike-Share Is Coming to D.C. (Post)
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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