Today’s Headlines
Bill Could Put Durham-Orange Light Rail Back on Track (News & Observer) Can the Damage Freeways Did to Cities Be Undone? (Slate) Milwaukee County Redesigning Its Transit Network (WUWM) Birmingham Suburb Wants BRT on Congested Highway (CBS 42) Cranky Baltimore Residents Push Back Against Plan to Widen Bike Lane (Fox 5) GOP Donor-Owned Las Vegas … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:37 AM EDT on June 18, 2018
- Bill Could Put Durham-Orange Light Rail Back on Track (News & Observer)
- Can the Damage Freeways Did to Cities Be Undone? (Slate)
- Milwaukee County Redesigning Its Transit Network (WUWM)
- Birmingham Suburb Wants BRT on Congested Highway (CBS 42)
- Cranky Baltimore Residents Push Back Against Plan to Widen Bike Lane (Fox 5)
- GOP Donor-Owned Las Vegas Review-Journal Calls Light Rail a “Boondoggle”
- FDOT Grant Means Tampa Streetcar Will Be Free for Three Years (TB Times)
- Motorists — Including Police — Often Park Illegally in Boston Bike Lane (WBZ)
- Drivers Aren’t the Only Ones Blocking Bike Lanes (KRXI)
- Santiago’s Already Big Subway System Is Doubling in Size (Next 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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