Today’s Headlines
Low-Income Millennials Who Can’t Move to Cities Are Forced to Drive More (SSTI) Portland Arterial Roads Still Deadly for Cyclists and Pedestrians (Mercury) San Antonio Looks to Fill 1,900-Mile Sidewalk Backlog (Rivard Report) Houston Will Spend $10M on 50 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes (Houston Chronicle) 74,000 People Attend “Atlanta Streets Alive” to Reinvent DeKalb … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:44 AM EDT on April 18, 2018
- Low-Income Millennials Who Can’t Move to Cities Are Forced to Drive More (SSTI)
- Portland Arterial Roads Still Deadly for Cyclists and Pedestrians (Mercury)
- San Antonio Looks to Fill 1,900-Mile Sidewalk Backlog (Rivard Report)
- Houston Will Spend $10M on 50 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes (Houston Chronicle)
- 74,000 People Attend “Atlanta Streets Alive” to Reinvent DeKalb Ave (Curbed)
- St. Louis Dockless Bike-Shares Debut on Chilly Morning (Post-Dispatch)
- Elon Musk Has Raised $113 Million for His Hyperloop Scam (CNBC)
- NoVa Cyclists Use Empty Parking Decks to Race After Hours (CityLab)
- How to Spot a Fake Uber Driver (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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