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VA Legislature Will Tackle Metro Funding This Session (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Express-News: Rapid Transit Corridors Could Transform San Antonio Electric Bike-Share Will Help Minneapolis Residents Pedal Through Snow (Curbed) What Made a Top MARTA Official Want to Embezzle $500,000? (AJC) Nashville Transit Referendum Will Be a Tough Fight (Scene) NH Gov. Sununu’s Commuter Rail Proposal Gets … Continued

By Blake Aued

9:37 AM EST on January 24, 2018

VA Legislature Will Tackle Metro Funding This Session (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Express-News: Rapid Transit Corridors Could Transform San Antonio
Electric Bike-Share Will Help Minneapolis Residents Pedal Through Snow (Curbed)
What Made a Top MARTA Official Want to Embezzle $500,000? (AJC)
Nashville Transit Referendum Will Be a Tough Fight (Scene)
NH Gov. Sununu’s Commuter Rail Proposal Gets Cold Reception (Eagle-Tribune)
Broward County’s Wave Streetcar Survives Vote (Sun Sentinel)
When Designing Streets, Don’t Leave Speed Up to Engineers Alone (Strong Town)
Here’s How States Can Help Stem the Rise of Auto-Related Deaths (CityLab)
The Cincinnati Inquirer Asked a Psychic If the City’s Streetcar Is Cursed

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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