Today’s Headlines
Metro DC Biz Leaders Want Toll Hikes and More Transit Funding (WTOP) Brightline Could Transform Transit in Car-Happy South Florida (Fast Company) Minnesota Governor: GOP Has Declared War on Transit (Minneapolis Post) Pittsburgh Considers More Bike Lanes, Lower Speed Limits (WXPI) St. Petersburg Bike-Share Users Rode 90,000 Miles Last Year (Tampa Bay Times) Pedestrian Deaths … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:43 AM EDT on May 18, 2018
- Metro DC Biz Leaders Want Toll Hikes and More Transit Funding (WTOP)
- Brightline Could Transform Transit in Car-Happy South Florida (Fast Company)
- Minnesota Governor: GOP Has Declared War on Transit (Minneapolis Post)
- Pittsburgh Considers More Bike Lanes, Lower Speed Limits (WXPI)
- St. Petersburg Bike-Share Users Rode 90,000 Miles Last Year (Tampa Bay Times)
- Pedestrian Deaths Are Up in Seattle (Crosscut), Down in San Antonio (News4SA)
- Boston Declares War on Cambridge Dockless Bike-Share (Globe)
- Failed Baton Rouge Tram Plan Returns as Bus Rapid Transit (The Advocate)
- Toledo Doubles Sidewalk Repair Budget (WTOL)
- Estonia Becomes the First Country With Free Transit Nationwide (Pop Up City)
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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