Today’s Headlines
Roads Designed for Cars Are a Public Health Crisis (Governing) On Car-Centric Streets, Pedestrians Get Blamed for Their Own Deaths (Austin Monitor) Maryland Dems Promise to Outdo Hogan on Transit (WaPo) Here’s Where San Antonio Drivers Kill the Most Pedestrians (Rivard Report) Streetcar Proposed on Abandoned Winston-Salem Rail Line (Spectrum News) Bike Score Names Minneapolis … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:18 AM EDT on May 22, 2018
- Roads Designed for Cars Are a Public Health Crisis (Governing)
- On Car-Centric Streets, Pedestrians Get Blamed for Their Own Deaths (Austin Monitor)
- Maryland Dems Promise to Outdo Hogan on Transit (WaPo)
- Here’s Where San Antonio Drivers Kill the Most Pedestrians (Rivard Report)
- Streetcar Proposed on Abandoned Winston-Salem Rail Line (Spectrum News)
- Bike Score Names Minneapolis America’s Most Bike-Friendly City (Next City)
- Eugene Opens Bike Path Under New Freeway Interchange (Register Guard)
- Connecticut Transit Tries Honor System for Collecting Fares (CT Post)
- GOP Thinks California Gas-Tax Repeal Could Save House Majority (Fox News)
- Arlington — America’s Fittest City — Gets a Shoutout on SNL (Mobility Lab)
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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