Today’s Headlines
Trump Advisor Wants Cities to Pay Out the Nose for Infrastructure (Route 50) D.C. Transit-Oriented Development Boosting Economy and Reducing Traffic (Mobility Lab) Another D.C. Metro Reform/Funding Plan Surfaces (WaPo, WAMU) New Omaha Group Forms to Push for Downtown Streetcar (KIOS) Almost All Pedestrian Crashes in Minneapolis Happen on a Handful of Streets (MN Daily) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:53 AM EST on December 6, 2017
- Trump Advisor Wants Cities to Pay Out the Nose for Infrastructure (Route 50)
- D.C. Transit-Oriented Development Boosting Economy and Reducing Traffic (Mobility Lab)
- Another D.C. Metro Reform/Funding Plan Surfaces (WaPo, WAMU)
- New Omaha Group Forms to Push for Downtown Streetcar (KIOS)
- Almost All Pedestrian Crashes in Minneapolis Happen on a Handful of Streets (MN Daily)
- Popular Albuquerque BRT Has More Passengers Using Bike-Share, Too (KOB)
- Bike-Share Contract May Keep San Diego From Hopping on Dockless Trend (Union-Trib)
- Cincinnati Solves Streetcar Ticketing Issues (WVXU)
- Kansas City Transit Plans New Center and TOD (Biz Journal)
- Meet Dongho Chang, the Man Behind Seattle’s Pro-People Transpo Policies (Seattle Times)
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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