Today’s Headlines
Gas Is the Most Expensive It’s Been Since 2015 (CBS News) The Future of Transportation Is More Mundane Than Jet Packs (The Verge) Bike-Share System Hacked for the First Time (Cycling Industry News) Bus Drivers Say City Should Take Over DC Circulator (Washington Post) Finishing Charleston Freeway Will Only Make Traffic Worse (Post and Courier) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:29 AM EDT on May 15, 2018
- Gas Is the Most Expensive It’s Been Since 2015 (CBS News)
- The Future of Transportation Is More Mundane Than Jet Packs (The Verge)
- Bike-Share System Hacked for the First Time (Cycling Industry News)
- Bus Drivers Say City Should Take Over DC Circulator (Washington Post)
- Finishing Charleston Freeway Will Only Make Traffic Worse (Post and Courier)
- Faster and More Frequent Service Will Boost Charlotte’s Bus Ridership (Observer)
- Olympia, WA Plans to Expand Transit Center (Olympian)
- Portland Transportation Director Resigns (Oregonian)
- Minnesota Should Change How Transpo Council Members Are Picked (Star Trib)
- The Cape Cod Times Profiles Local Bike Commuters for National Bike Month
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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