Today’s Headlines
D.C. Lawmakers Consider Decriminalizing Fare Evasion (Post) Mayors in Northern Atlanta Suburbs Eye Transit Along Perimeter (AJC) TriMet Pushes Back Portland Light Rail Vote to 2020 (KOUW, Willamette Week) Seattle Times Claims Bike Path Is a Risk for Pedestrians Las Vegas Installs Sidewalk Bollards to Protect People on Foot (Review-Journal) Twin Cities’ Gold Line BRT Applies … Continued
By
Blake Aued
8:59 AM EST on November 15, 2017
- D.C. Lawmakers Consider Decriminalizing Fare Evasion (Post)
- Mayors in Northern Atlanta Suburbs Eye Transit Along Perimeter (AJC)
- TriMet Pushes Back Portland Light Rail Vote to 2020 (KOUW, Willamette Week)
- Seattle Times Claims Bike Path Is a Risk for Pedestrians
- Las Vegas Installs Sidewalk Bollards to Protect People on Foot (Review-Journal)
- Twin Cities’ Gold Line BRT Applies for Grant, Enters Design Phase (Woodbury Bulletin)
- Veterans Helping to Save Baltimore’s Embattled Bike-Share Program (WBAL)
- Boston Might Join Honolulu in Punishing Pedestrians Who Use Phones (Boston Mag)
- Cities Will Need Fewer Parking Decks If/When Autonomous Cars Hit the Road (Crain’s)
- Lyft Moves Into Toronto, Its First Market Outside U.S. (NYT, CNBC, Reuters)
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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