Today’s Headlines
U.S. Transit Systems Have a Combined $90 Billion Repair Backlog (Curbed) Non-Motorized Transportation Catches On in Motor City (Detroit Free Press) Mourners Say Philadelphia’s Done Nothing to Protect Cyclists (WHYY) DC Residents Create Protected Bike Lane With Their Bodies (WAMU) Routing Light Rail Through Atlanta Streetcar Will Choke System (Atlanta Mag) Housing Austin’s Homeless Could … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:04 AM EDT on May 21, 2018
- U.S. Transit Systems Have a Combined $90 Billion Repair Backlog (Curbed)
- Non-Motorized Transportation Catches On in Motor City (Detroit Free Press)
- Mourners Say Philadelphia’s Done Nothing to Protect Cyclists (WHYY)
- DC Residents Create Protected Bike Lane With Their Bodies (WAMU)
- Routing Light Rail Through Atlanta Streetcar Will Choke System (Atlanta Mag)
- Housing Austin’s Homeless Could Reduce Pedestrian Deaths (KUT)
- Albuquerque Activists Urge City to Adopt Vision Zero (Journal)
- Richmond Opens Two-Way Protected Bike Lane (WWBT)
- Cincinnati Theater Troupe Will Stage Plays on Streetcar (Enquirer)
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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