Today’s Headlines
Columbia Journalism Review: Don’t Blame the Victim When Covering Car Crashes CNU Remembers the Life and Work of Hank Dittmar Charlotte Officials Don’t Care About Catching Speeding Drivers (WSOC) Portland Will Spend $2 Million on Bike Lanes, Crosswalk Improvements (KXL) Downtown Jacksonville Getting Its First Protected Bike Lane (Metro Jacksonville) Orlando Installs Pop-Up Bike Lanes … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:43 AM EDT on April 6, 2018
- Columbia Journalism Review: Don’t Blame the Victim When Covering Car Crashes
- CNU Remembers the Life and Work of Hank Dittmar
- Charlotte Officials Don’t Care About Catching Speeding Drivers (WSOC)
- Portland Will Spend $2 Million on Bike Lanes, Crosswalk Improvements (KXL)
- Downtown Jacksonville Getting Its First Protected Bike Lane (Metro Jacksonville)
- Orlando Installs Pop-Up Bike Lanes on Dangerous Road (WESH)
- Potential Kansas City Streetcar Stops Unveiled (Biz Journal)
- Seattle Considers Raising Ride-Hailing Base Fare to Give Drivers a Raise (GeekWire)
- Pittsburgh Airport Is Ready for Light Rail (Tribune-Review)
- Dockless Bikes Have Nothing on Dockless Cars (Slate)
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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