Today’s Headlines
Small Changes Led to Big Spike in Seattle Transit Ridership (The Atlantic) Nashville Mayor Proposes Ambitious $5 Billion Transit Plan (Tennessean) Latest Iteration of I-66 Still Includes Bike Path Right Next to D.C. Freeway (WTOP) Detroit Bike-Share Hits 100,000 Rides; Plans Spring Expansion (Freep; Curbed) Regional Bike-Share Will Serve 16 Boston-Area Towns (Wicked Local Concord) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:50 AM EDT on October 19, 2017
- Small Changes Led to Big Spike in Seattle Transit Ridership (The Atlantic)
- Nashville Mayor Proposes Ambitious $5 Billion Transit Plan (Tennessean)
- Latest Iteration of I-66 Still Includes Bike Path Right Next to D.C. Freeway (WTOP)
- Detroit Bike-Share Hits 100,000 Rides; Plans Spring Expansion (Freep; Curbed)
- Regional Bike-Share Will Serve 16 Boston-Area Towns (Wicked Local Concord)
- Crowd-Sourced Map of D.C.’s Least Accessible Sidewalks Is Almost Done (Curbed)
- Emanuel Will Tax Uber and Lyft to Pay for Chicago Transit (Sun-Times)
- Coalition Backs Rail Connection to Philadelphia Suburb (Inquirer)
- Seattle Streetcar Extension Halted Indefinitely (Capitol Hill Times)
- Will Dockless Bike-Share Spell the End of Municipal Programs? (HuffPost)
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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