Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Asks Governments for More Assistance to Avoid Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Post) …And Reiterates Need for Dedicated Funding Source (Post) As Low-Wage Jobs Move to Suburbs, Twin Cities Need Transit More Than Ever (Star-Tribune) Pittsburgh Ride-Hailing Service Takes Homeless Students to School (Post-Gazette) California Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect Wednesday (San Diego … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:26 AM EDT on October 31, 2017
- DC Metro Asks Governments for More Assistance to Avoid Fare Hikes or Service Cuts (Post)
- …And Reiterates Need for Dedicated Funding Source (Post)
- As Low-Wage Jobs Move to Suburbs, Twin Cities Need Transit More Than Ever (Star-Tribune)
- Pittsburgh Ride-Hailing Service Takes Homeless Students to School (Post-Gazette)
- California Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect Wednesday (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Advocates Call for Protected Bike Lane in Des Moines Road Project (Register)
- Grand Rapids Hopes Art Can Help Make Streets Safer (MLive)
- The Bee Wants to Know: What’s the Worst Parking Lot in Sacramento?
- Vancouver Unveils New Greenway Design, With Streetcar (Daily Hive)
- Asian and European Transit Systems Put America’s to Shame (Arcadis)
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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