Today’s Headlines
BRT in Indianapolis, Rail in Seattle, and More Transit Projects to Watch in 2018 (Next City) FTA Signs Off on Kansas City Streetcar Expansion (Business Journal) The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Previews Mayor “Bike Lane” Bill Peduto’s Second Term D.C.-Baltimore Maglev Debate Grows More Heated (WaPo) Meet Route 130, the Deadliest Road in South Jersey (Philadelphia Inquirer) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:00 AM EST on January 8, 2018
- BRT in Indianapolis, Rail in Seattle, and More Transit Projects to Watch in 2018 (Next City)
- FTA Signs Off on Kansas City Streetcar Expansion (Business Journal)
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Previews Mayor “Bike Lane” Bill Peduto’s Second Term
- D.C.-Baltimore Maglev Debate Grows More Heated (WaPo)
- Meet Route 130, the Deadliest Road in South Jersey (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Dallas Newspapers Continue to Be Obsessed With Bike Clutter (Observer)
- Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Has Yet to Appoint Transpo Commission (Boston Globe)
- Podcast: More Barriers to Cycling Than Lack of Bike Lanes (Strong Towns)
- Surge in Online Deliveries Is Crowding City Streets (BBC)
- Seattle Gadfly Fails Again to Choke Off Funding for Sound Transit (The Stranger)
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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