Today’s Headlines
GOP Tax Bill Will Hit City Finances Hard (Curbed) Texas Governor Blasts Austin’s Plan for Bus Lanes (KUVE, Spectrum News) MDOT Moves Ahead With Plan to Remove Downtown Detroit Freeway (Free Press) Complete Streets Coalition Starts Scoring Complete Streets Policies Based on Equitable Results (Fast Lane) OKC Complete Street Is Not What the City Promised … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:21 AM EST on December 7, 2017
- GOP Tax Bill Will Hit City Finances Hard (Curbed)
- Texas Governor Blasts Austin’s Plan for Bus Lanes (KUVE, Spectrum News)
- MDOT Moves Ahead With Plan to Remove Downtown Detroit Freeway (Free Press)
- Complete Streets Coalition Starts Scoring Complete Streets Policies Based on Equitable Results (Fast Lane)
- OKC Complete Street Is Not What the City Promised (Oklahoman)
- Bicycling Magazine Names the Top 25 Most Bike-Friendly Companies
- Phoenix Light Rail: 9 Years Old and Still Growing (Downtown Devil)
- Tempe Streetcar Price Tag Could Rise (KJZZ)
- Police Sweeps Reduce Ridership on Salt Lake City Transit (Tribune)
- Minneapolis Is Serious About People Shoveling Their Sidewalks (Star-Trib)
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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