Today’s Headlines
Should Autonomous Cars Be Tested on Busy City Streets? (Curbed) Study: E-Bikes Are Getting People Out of Their Cars (Cycling Industry News) Nashville Public Radio Answers Listeners’ Questions on Transit Referendum Seattle Council Members Hope Parking Reforms Will Discourage Driving (KOMO) Traffic Deaths Up 30 Percent in Charlotte This Year (Spectrum News) NY State Budget … Continued
By
Blake Aued
11:52 AM EDT on April 4, 2018
- Should Autonomous Cars Be Tested on Busy City Streets? (Curbed)
- Study: E-Bikes Are Getting People Out of Their Cars (Cycling Industry News)
- Nashville Public Radio Answers Listeners’ Questions on Transit Referendum
- Seattle Council Members Hope Parking Reforms Will Discourage Driving (KOMO)
- Traffic Deaths Up 30 Percent in Charlotte This Year (Spectrum News)
- NY State Budget Includes $9 Million for Buffalo Light Rail Maintenance (WKBW)
- Portland Will Spend $300,000 on Vision Zero Ad Campaign (Oregonian)
- Complete Streets Projects in Minneapolis (Star-Trib), Des Moines (Register), Buffalo (News), and Huntsville (WAAY)
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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