Today’s Headlines
Trump Plans to Cut $150 Million From D.C. Metro Budget (WaPo) Population Growth Fuels Major Bus Expansion in Houston (Chronicle) Here’s Where Seattle Drivers Are Most Likely to Be Distracted (My Northwest) Cincinnati Needs to Rebuild Streetcar Fleet So They Work in the Cold (Enquirer) Fort Lauderdale DDA Endorses Streetcar Ahead of Council Vote (WLRN) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:04 AM EST on February 5, 2018
- Trump Plans to Cut $150 Million From D.C. Metro Budget (WaPo)
- Population Growth Fuels Major Bus Expansion in Houston (Chronicle)
- Here’s Where Seattle Drivers Are Most Likely to Be Distracted (My Northwest)
- Cincinnati Needs to Rebuild Streetcar Fleet So They Work in the Cold (Enquirer)
- Fort Lauderdale DDA Endorses Streetcar Ahead of Council Vote (WLRN)
- The Sun Sentinel Urges Fort Lauderdale to Save the Wave
- Denver’s 16th Street Mall Needs a Facelift (Denver Post)
- Cambridge, MA, Lowers Speed Limit on Squares to 20 MPH (WCVB)
- Tucson Turns to Complete Streets as Pedestrian Deaths Rise (KOLD)
- Ride-Hailing Services’ “Urban Mobility Pledge” Is Self-Serving (Gizmodo)
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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