Today’s Headlines
Koch-Backed Groups Preemptively Come Out Against Gas Tax Hike (Bloomberg) Sound Transit Releases Flyover Video of Future Ballard-West Seattle Route (Times) Suburbs Try to Figure Out How to Hook Into Nashville Transit (WSMV) Fight Continues Over Whether to Make Major Asheville Road More or Less Dangerous (Citizen-Times) Savannah Has Fallen Behind on Bike Infrastructure (Connect … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:11 AM EST on February 22, 2018
- Koch-Backed Groups Preemptively Come Out Against Gas Tax Hike (Bloomberg)
- Sound Transit Releases Flyover Video of Future Ballard-West Seattle Route (Times)
- Suburbs Try to Figure Out How to Hook Into Nashville Transit (WSMV)
- Fight Continues Over Whether to Make Major Asheville Road More or Less Dangerous (Citizen-Times)
- Savannah Has Fallen Behind on Bike Infrastructure (Connect Savannah, WJCL)
- New Oregon Trail Will Take Cyclists Off the Interstate (Portland Tribune)
- Durham Offers Affordable Housing Incentives Near Light Rail Stops (News & Observer)
- Columbus Starts Rolling Out Free Bus Passes for Downtown Workers (Business First)
- Bike-Share Comes to Butler County, OH (Journal-News) and New Haven, CT (WFSB); San Antonio’s Rebrands (KSAT) and Pittsburgh’s Expands (Tribune-Review)
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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