Today’s Headlines
Study: Texting Drivers, Not Texting Walkers, Make Streets Dangerous (Curbed) Friends of Cyclist Killed by Driver Take on L.A. Car Culture (NYT) The D.C. Metro Was So Unsafe in 2016 Feds Almost Shut It Down (WaPo) Durham-Orange Light Rail Still Faces $57M Funding Gap (News & Observer) Uber Tries to Convince London Court It’s Changed … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:18 AM EDT on June 26, 2018
- Study: Texting Drivers, Not Texting Walkers, Make Streets Dangerous (Curbed)
- Friends of Cyclist Killed by Driver Take on L.A. Car Culture (NYT)
- The D.C. Metro Was So Unsafe in 2016 Feds Almost Shut It Down (WaPo)
- Durham-Orange Light Rail Still Faces $57M Funding Gap (News & Observer)
- Uber Tries to Convince London Court It’s Changed (Fortune, Quartz, Reuters)
- What Has Uber Done to Rebuild Its Tarnished Image? (CNBC)
- New App Is One-Stop Shop for Buying Transit Tickets (Fast Company)
- Texas Towns Will Build Bike Path After Drivers Killed Three Cyclists (MRT)
- Hartford Courant Thanks Florida Gov Rick Scott for Connecticut’s New Rail Line
- Irish Minister Calls Parking Cars in Bike Lanes “Unacceptable” (Irish Times)
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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