Today’s Headlines
Humane Streets — Not Self-Driving Cars — Will Save Lives (Wired) Lots of Obstacles Still Face Uber’s Flying Cars (Yahoo News) Seattle Has America’s Most Popular Bus System (City Lab) Nashville Turns to Cheap Bike and Sidewalk Fixes (WSMV) Amazon Headquarters Could Bring More Gridlock to DC (WaPo) Detroit’s QLINE Streetcar Celebrates First Anniversary (WXYZ, … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:25 AM EDT on May 14, 2018
- Humane Streets — Not Self-Driving Cars — Will Save Lives (Wired)
- Lots of Obstacles Still Face Uber’s Flying Cars (Yahoo News)
- Seattle Has America’s Most Popular Bus System (City Lab)
- Nashville Turns to Cheap Bike and Sidewalk Fixes (WSMV)
- Amazon Headquarters Could Bring More Gridlock to DC (WaPo)
- Detroit’s QLINE Streetcar Celebrates First Anniversary (WXYZ, Free Press)
- Lack of Transit and Walkability Hampers Lexington, KY,’s Distillery District (Herald-Leader)
- Portland Considers Settling Sidewalk Lawsuit for $113 Million (Oregonian)
- Here Are San Antonio’s Deadliest Roads for Walking (News4SA)
- Stephen Malkmus Wrote a Song About Bike Lanes (Bicycle Times)
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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