Today’s Headlines
Auto Executives Admit Driverless Cars Are Pretty Far Off (Jalopnik) Virginia and Maryland Will Study Dedicated Funding for Metro (WaPo) Charlotte’s Blue-Line Extension Opens March 16 (WFAE, Observer) What’s Next for Seattle Bike-Share? (Curbed) E-Bikes, for One Thing (Also Curbed) Twin Cities Suburbs Advocate for Blue Line Extension (Star Tribune) HART Board Addresses Complaints About … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:10 AM EST on January 10, 2018
- Auto Executives Admit Driverless Cars Are Pretty Far Off (Jalopnik)
- Virginia and Maryland Will Study Dedicated Funding for Metro (WaPo)
- Charlotte’s Blue-Line Extension Opens March 16 (WFAE, Observer)
- What’s Next for Seattle Bike-Share? (Curbed) E-Bikes, for One Thing (Also Curbed)
- Twin Cities Suburbs Advocate for Blue Line Extension (Star Tribune)
- HART Board Addresses Complaints About Bus Cutbacks (Tampa Bay Times)
- Albuquerque, Grand Rapids Fret Over Late FTA Reimbursements (KOAT, Michigan Radio)
- Study: Lack of Bike Lanes Leads to “Close Calls” in Philadelphia (Voice)
- Trial Starts for Austin Cops Accused of Racially Profiling and Beating Pedestrians (American-Statesman)
- Why Do Americans Get So Enraged By Parking? (The Outline)
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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