Today’s Headlines
80 Percent of Drivers Admit to Driving Distracted (WaPo) NC Budget Might Kill Durham-Orange Light Rail After All (INDY Week) Transit Hasn’t Always Been Inclusive; It Should Be (Mobility Lab) Speeding Is Common on Harrisburg Street Where Drivers Killed 5 People (Penn Live) Cincinnati Mayor Vetoes Moving Bus Shelter That’s Blocking Streetcar (WVXU) Dallas Passes … Continued
By
Blake Aued
1:19 PM EDT on June 29, 2018
- 80 Percent of Drivers Admit to Driving Distracted (WaPo)
- NC Budget Might Kill Durham-Orange Light Rail After All (INDY Week)
- Transit Hasn’t Always Been Inclusive; It Should Be (Mobility Lab)
- Speeding Is Common on Harrisburg Street Where Drivers Killed 5 People (Penn Live)
- Cincinnati Mayor Vetoes Moving Bus Shelter That’s Blocking Streetcar (WVXU)
- Dallas Passes Bike-Share Regs, Launches Scooter Pilot Program (Fox 4, WBAP)
- Bike Group Forms for Milwaukee Women of Color (Neighborhood News Service)
- Portland Installs Bike Lanes, Protected Corners on W. Burnside (Bike Portland)
- Be Very Skeptical of Elon Musk’s $1 Billion Chicago Tunnel (The Verge)
- Bill Ford Has Wacky Ideas About Autonomous Corridor in Michigan (Auto News)
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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