Today’s Headlines
Toronto Streetcar Cuts Travel Times and Ridership Soars (Star) Is D.C. Metro Ridership Declining Because of Uber and Lyft? (Post) Greater Greater Washington Wants Riders’ Help Measuring Metro’s Punctuality Sound Transit Working Out the Details of West Seattle Expansion (West Seattle Blog) Phoenix Aims to Add 180 Miles of Bike Lanes by 2022 (ABC 15) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:10 AM EST on December 5, 2017
- Toronto Streetcar Cuts Travel Times and Ridership Soars (Star)
- Is D.C. Metro Ridership Declining Because of Uber and Lyft? (Post)
- Greater Greater Washington Wants Riders’ Help Measuring Metro’s Punctuality
- Sound Transit Working Out the Details of West Seattle Expansion (West Seattle Blog)
- Phoenix Aims to Add 180 Miles of Bike Lanes by 2022 (ABC 15)
- Albuquerque BRT Is a Success, But Work Isn’t Done Yet (Journal)
- Sioux Falls Officials: Self-Driving Cars Will Still Need Parking Spaces (Argus Leader)
- Columbia, MO, Considers Banning Driving While Distracted (Tribune)
- Uber’s Flying Car Is a Distraction From Its Financial Problems (Salon)
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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