Today’s Headlines
Transit Officials Don’t Understand Why Trump Favors Rural Roads (WaPo) Tempe Police Chief Blames Pedestrian for Driverless Uber Killing Her (SF Chronicle) Pittsburgh Wants to Upgrade Transit (Post-Gazette) But Federal BRT Funding Could Vanish (WESA) Arkansas Study Will Focus on Reducing Pedestrian Deaths (Democrat-Gazette) NC Triangle Will Hear Soon on Federal Funding for Light Rail … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:06 AM EDT on March 21, 2018
- Transit Officials Don’t Understand Why Trump Favors Rural Roads (WaPo)
- Tempe Police Chief Blames Pedestrian for Driverless Uber Killing Her (SF Chronicle)
- Pittsburgh Wants to Upgrade Transit (Post-Gazette) But Federal BRT Funding Could Vanish (WESA)
- Arkansas Study Will Focus on Reducing Pedestrian Deaths (Democrat-Gazette)
- NC Triangle Will Hear Soon on Federal Funding for Light Rail (Daily Tarheel)
- Atlanta Bike Czar Wants More Interconnected Bike Lanes (WABE)
- Seattle Mayor Orders Review of Rising Streetcar Costs (Seattle Times)
- New Bike Lanes in Royal Oak, MI (Daily Tribune), Richmond (WRC), and Reno (KTVN)
- Underpaid and Driven Into Debt, Uber and Ola Drivers Strike in India (Reuters)
- China’s New Rules for Transit Riders Are Like Something Out of ‘Black Mirror’ (Reuters)
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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