Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

D.C. Metro Needs $15 Billion for Repairs, Let Alone New Projects (WaPo) Thousands Ride Charlotte Blue Line on Opening Weekend (WSOC) Anti-Tax Zealot Opposes Nashville Transit Referendum (Forbes) Without Transit, Atlanta Beltline Will Gentrify, Founder Ryan Gravel Says Major Birmingham Commercial Corridor Will Become Complete Street (AL.com) Operating Costs for Seattle Streetcar on the Rise (Seattle … Continued

By Blake Aued

9:06 AM EDT on March 20, 2018

D.C. Metro Needs $15 Billion for Repairs, Let Alone New Projects (WaPo)
Thousands Ride Charlotte Blue Line on Opening Weekend (WSOC)
Anti-Tax Zealot Opposes Nashville Transit Referendum (Forbes)
Without Transit, Atlanta Beltline Will Gentrify, Founder Ryan Gravel Says
Major Birmingham Commercial Corridor Will Become Complete Street (AL.com)
Operating Costs for Seattle Streetcar on the Rise (Seattle Times)
Complete Streets Helped Turn Around Downtown South Bend (Tribune)
Dockless Bike-Share Companies Take a Gradual Approach to Expansion in U.S. Cities (Reuters)
Former CDC Planner Lists 10 Ways to Design Healthier Cities (Urban Milwaukee)

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.

Today's Headlines

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