Today’s Headlines
Democratic Gains in Virginia Provide Hope for Dedicated DC Metro Funding (Post) Tacoma Light Rail Construction Will Start Next Year (KING) Feds Tell Minneapolis to Tweak Light-Rail Wall (Star-Tribune) Buffalo Neighborhood Tells Drivers to Stay Out of Bike Lanes (WKBW) Portland Streetcar Will Have Dedicated Lane (Willamette Week) New Cincinnati Council Members Support Adding Bus … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:07 AM EST on November 10, 2017
- Democratic Gains in Virginia Provide Hope for Dedicated DC Metro Funding (Post)
- Tacoma Light Rail Construction Will Start Next Year (KING)
- Feds Tell Minneapolis to Tweak Light-Rail Wall (Star-Tribune)
- Buffalo Neighborhood Tells Drivers to Stay Out of Bike Lanes (WKBW)
- Portland Streetcar Will Have Dedicated Lane (Willamette Week)
- New Cincinnati Council Members Support Adding Bus Service (WCPO)
- Milwaukee Residents Worry Streetcar Will Gentrify Neighborhoods (Urban Milwaukee)
- For Folks in Wheelchairs, Broken Sidewalks Can Be Deadly (Bitter Southerner)
- Self-Driving Buses Not Quite Ready for Prime Time (Fortune)
- Uber’s Supposedly Working on a Flying Taxi Because of Course It Is (The Verge)
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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