Today’s Headlines
U.S. Car Sales Are Falling—But the Cars Are Bigger (NYT) High-Speed Rail Opponent Wants to Head House Transpo Committee (LA Times) FHWA Bans Flashing Beacons at Crosswalks Over Patent Issue (WTSP) D.C. Metro Safety Group Blows Past Deadline to Start Work (WaPost) D.C. Law Prohibits Gas Stations From Being Redeveloped (WAMU) Omaha Wants to Widen … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:15 AM EST on January 5, 2018
- U.S. Car Sales Are Falling—But the Cars Are Bigger (NYT)
- High-Speed Rail Opponent Wants to Head House Transpo Committee (LA Times)
- FHWA Bans Flashing Beacons at Crosswalks Over Patent Issue (WTSP)
- D.C. Metro Safety Group Blows Past Deadline to Start Work (WaPost)
- D.C. Law Prohibits Gas Stations From Being Redeveloped (WAMU)
- Omaha Wants to Widen All of the Freeways! (World-Herald)
- Missouri Task Force Recommends Gas-Tax Hike (Springfield News-Leader)
- Cops Should Aggressively Ticket Distracted Drivers (Houston Chronicle)
- Seattle Considers Flex Parking Near Transit Corridors (KING)
- Mobility Lab: Don’t Rush Blindly Into Automation
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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