Today’s Headlines
Purple Line, Board Reforms Move Forward as Maryland-Metro Feud Ends (Post) Seattle Ditches Broadway Bike Lane Along With Streetcar Extension (Capitol Hill Seattle) Portland Residents Seek to Repurpose Parking for Buffered Bike Lanes (Bike Portland) Provo’s “Giant Wall of Parking” Divides Downtown (Strong Towns) Maryland Light Rail Advocates Aghast at Transpo Chief’s Support for BRT … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:32 AM EDT on October 30, 2017
- Purple Line, Board Reforms Move Forward as Maryland-Metro Feud Ends (Post)
- Seattle Ditches Broadway Bike Lane Along With Streetcar Extension (Capitol Hill Seattle)
- Portland Residents Seek to Repurpose Parking for Buffered Bike Lanes (Bike Portland)
- Provo’s “Giant Wall of Parking” Divides Downtown (Strong Towns)
- Maryland Light Rail Advocates Aghast at Transpo Chief’s Support for BRT (Independent)
- Residents Get Sneak Peak at San Diego’s Bike-Friendly Future (Times-Union)
- Milwaukee Mayor Says Public Will Get Onboard With Unpopular Streetcar (WPR)
- Pittsburgh Delays Light-Rail Cashless Fare System Until April (Post-Gazette)
- Nebraska Is America’s Least Bike-Friendly State (Lincoln Journal Star)
- Boston Councilor Proposes Residential Parking Fee to Fund Safer Streets (Globe)
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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