Today’s Headlines
Emails: AZ Gov Let Uber Test Autonomous Cars Without Telling Public (AP) Elaine Herzberg Won’t Be the Last Person Killed by a Self-Driving Car (Wired) D.C. the Latest City to Tax Ride-Hailing to Fund Transit (WaPo) Will the Atlanta BeltLine Get BRT, Light Rail, or Nothing at All? (Atlanta Mag) Lyft Backs Nashville Transit Referendum … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:31 AM EDT on April 3, 2018
- Emails: AZ Gov Let Uber Test Autonomous Cars Without Telling Public (AP)
- Elaine Herzberg Won’t Be the Last Person Killed by a Self-Driving Car (Wired)
- D.C. the Latest City to Tax Ride-Hailing to Fund Transit (WaPo)
- Will the Atlanta BeltLine Get BRT, Light Rail, or Nothing at All? (Atlanta Mag)
- Lyft Backs Nashville Transit Referendum (Tennessean)
- Cost of Austin Transit Plan Depends on How Much Rail Is Built (Statesman)
- Seattle Mayor Halts Streetcar Expansion as Costs Continue to Rise (My Northwest)
- Orlando Officers Under Investigation After Accusing Black Teens of Jaywalking (WESH)
- VA Beach Official Threatened to Punch Transpo Sec Over Transit Funds (Pilot)
- Ride-Hailing Apps Specifically for Women Are on the Rise (Winnipeg Sun)
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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