Today’s Headlines
Insurance Companies Aren’t Pricing Districted Driving Into Their Rates (Bloomberg) New Book Advocates for “Life-Sized Cities” With Bikes at the Center (Next City) People Are Using Uber and Lyft Like Ambulances (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Ethan Elkind: Gentrification Is Bad News for Transit Ridership Houston Transit Officials Expect Flagging Rail Ridership to Rise (Chronicle) When It Comes … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:40 AM EDT on April 25, 2018
- Insurance Companies Aren’t Pricing Districted Driving Into Their Rates (Bloomberg)
- New Book Advocates for “Life-Sized Cities” With Bikes at the Center (Next City)
- People Are Using Uber and Lyft Like Ambulances (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- Ethan Elkind: Gentrification Is Bad News for Transit Ridership
- Houston Transit Officials Expect Flagging Rail Ridership to Rise (Chronicle)
- When It Comes to Bike Lanes, Seattle Has Vancouver Envy (Seattle Times)
- Vision Zero Advocates Rally for Safer Tampa Roads (WFTS)
- Feds Say Honolulu Rail Budget Is $250 Million Short (Civil Beat)
- Will Streetcar Ridership Suffer If Dallas Charges $1 to Ride? (Morning News)
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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