Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued

8:59 AM EST on November 20, 2017

If the U.S. Had Kept Up With Peer Nations on Traffic Safety, 10,000 Lives Would Be Saved Each Year (NYT)
Boston Transit Picks Bidder for Green Line Extension (Globe)
Roads or Transit? All of the Above, Say D.C.-Area Officials (Inside NoVa)
What Happens to Minneapolis Parking Decks When Driving Declines? (North Loop)
Milwaukee Hiring Company to Market Its New Streetcar (Daily Reporter)
Baltimore Beat Lays Out the Need for Better Bike Infrastructure
Sound Transit Approves Park-and-Ride Deck in Kent, WA (Reporter)
Cities Setting Aside Space for Uber and Lyft Pickup and Dropoff (CNN)
The Incline Has a Primer on How to Use Pittsburgh’s Transit System
Bike-Share Roundup: New Haven (Register), Tucson (KGUN), Utah (St. George News), Austin (360)

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