Today’s Headlines
Nashville Scene Profiles the Groups For and Against the Transit Referendum The Tools Planners Use to Exclude People From Public Spaces (Urban Omnibus) Everything You Need to Know About Portland’s Southwest Corridor Plan (Metro) Fierce Opposition to Safer Streets Remains in Philadelphia (Plan Philly) Electric Scooter Clutter Is the New Bike Clutter (WaPo) E-Scooter Companies Won’t … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:35 AM EDT on April 20, 2018
- Nashville Scene Profiles the Groups For and Against the Transit Referendum
- The Tools Planners Use to Exclude People From Public Spaces (Urban Omnibus)
- Everything You Need to Know About Portland’s Southwest Corridor Plan (Metro)
- Fierce Opposition to Safer Streets Remains in Philadelphia (Plan Philly)
- Electric Scooter Clutter Is the New Bike Clutter (WaPo)
- E-Scooter Companies Won’t Play Nice With City Governments (Bloomberg)
- Boston Drivers Haven’t Gotten Used to New Protected Bike Lane (WBZ)
- Cincy ‘Burb Moves Forward With Next Phase of Bike/Sidewalk Plan (Enquirer)
- Pittsburgh Applies Again for Federal Funds for BRT (WESA)
- Tallahassee Woman Sues FDOT Over Bike Lane Pothole (WTXL)
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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