Today’s Headlines
All Over America, Jaywalking Laws Are Disproportionately Enforced Against Black People (New Republic) The Washington Post Editorial Board Backs a Gas Tax Hike Atlanta Receives Federal Grant for Downtown-Summerhill BRT (Curbed) Bike-Share Data Shows People Are Riding Them in Charlotte (Observer) Seattle Mall Will Expand When Light Rail Arrives (KING) Jacksonville Streets Are Hard to … Continued
By
Blake Aued
2:01 PM EDT on March 13, 2018
- All Over America, Jaywalking Laws Are Disproportionately Enforced Against Black People (New Republic)
- The Washington Post Editorial Board Backs a Gas Tax Hike
- Atlanta Receives Federal Grant for Downtown-Summerhill BRT (Curbed)
- Bike-Share Data Shows People Are Riding Them in Charlotte (Observer)
- Seattle Mall Will Expand When Light Rail Arrives (KING)
- Jacksonville Streets Are Hard to Navigate for Disabled (Times-Union)
- Akron’s Main Street Is Getting a Protected Bike Lane (WKSU)
- Minneapolis Tries Plastic Posts to Slow Down Drivers (Star Tribune)
- Nonprofit Looks to Fill Void in Transit-Starved Tampa Suburb (WUSF)
- Dockless Scooter-Shares Plan to Expand Outside California (Curbed)
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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