Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Hogan’s Beltway Binge Tops List of Highway Boondoggles (WaPo) DC Council Approves Ride-Hailing Tax Hike to Fund Metro (WTOP, WJLA) Why Is Texas Still Building Freeways? (Tribune) St. Louis Plans Greenway to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods (Next City) Metro Tampa Residents Worry Road Widening Will Speed Up Traffic (WFTS) Detroit’s Inner Ring Suburbs Push for Bike … Continued

By Blake Aued

12:12 PM EDT on June 28, 2018

Hogan’s Beltway Binge Tops List of Highway Boondoggles (WaPo)
DC Council Approves Ride-Hailing Tax Hike to Fund Metro (WTOP, WJLA)
Why Is Texas Still Building Freeways? (Tribune)
St. Louis Plans Greenway to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods (Next City)
Metro Tampa Residents Worry Road Widening Will Speed Up Traffic (WFTS)
Detroit’s Inner Ring Suburbs Push for Bike Connectivity (WXYZ)
Judge Rules Uber Can Operate in London — for Now (CNBC, Bloomberg)
Atlanta Suburb’s Transit Plan Could Add More Heavy Rail (Gwinnett Daily Post)
Portland Releases Draft Protected Bike Lane Design Guidelines (Bike Portland)
Uber Drivers’ Saving Grace: Automated Cars Can’t Deal With Drunks (Quartz)

Blake Aued

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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