Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Pedestrian Improvements to Maryland Roads Come Slowly (WaPo) Kansas City Council Members Seek Streetcar Expansion (Star) Sound Transit Takes a Step Toward Tacoma Dome Link Extension (Weekly) Minneapolis Light-Rail Station at Nicollet Mall Now Open (Star-Tribune) Indiana Nonprofit Will Invest $40M in Louisville-Area Greenway (Courier-Journal) Providence Will Launch New England’s First Electric Bike-Share (Journal) Pittsburgh … Continued

By Blake Aued

8:59 AM EST on January 2, 2018

Pedestrian Improvements to Maryland Roads Come Slowly (WaPo)
Kansas City Council Members Seek Streetcar Expansion (Star)
Sound Transit Takes a Step Toward Tacoma Dome Link Extension (Weekly)
Minneapolis Light-Rail Station at Nicollet Mall Now Open (Star-Tribune)
Indiana Nonprofit Will Invest $40M in Louisville-Area Greenway (Courier-Journal)
Providence Will Launch New England’s First Electric Bike-Share (Journal)
Pittsburgh Transpo Head’s 2018 Goal Is Autonomous Vehicle Regs (WESA)
Portland Drivers Killed More People Last Year Despite “Vision Zero” (KATU)
Virtual Parking Could Be LimeBike’s Solution to Bike Clutter (Recode)
Georgetown Busybodies Are Calling 911 on Bike-Share Users (The Drive)

Blake Aued

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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