Today’s Headlines
D.C. Mayor Proposes Ride-Hailing Tax to Fund Metro (WaPo) More Coverage of the Questions Raised By Uber’s Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash (The Verge, Bloomberg) Maybe Charlotte Should Have Built Less Parking Around Its Blue Line (Observer) Miami Transit Tracker Won’t Link With Ride- or Bike-Sharing Apps (Miami Today) Vandals Cut Brakes on Seattle Bike-Share Bikes … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:03 AM EDT on March 23, 2018
- D.C. Mayor Proposes Ride-Hailing Tax to Fund Metro (WaPo)
- More Coverage of the Questions Raised By Uber’s Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash (The Verge, Bloomberg)
- Maybe Charlotte Should Have Built Less Parking Around Its Blue Line (Observer)
- Miami Transit Tracker Won’t Link With Ride- or Bike-Sharing Apps (Miami Today)
- Vandals Cut Brakes on Seattle Bike-Share Bikes (KIRO)
- Portland Will Buy Two Streetcars — Maybe More (Oregonian)
- Oklahoma City Installs Shelters and Wiring for Future Streetcar (Oklahoman)
- Ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Now a Parking Lot Developer (USA Today)
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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