Today’s Headlines
How Can People Reclaim Streets From Cars? (NYT) The Future of Transit: Multiple Modes, One Pass (The Economist) To Reduce Congestion, People Will Have to Share Driverless Cars (WaPo) Lynx Officials Optimistic Charlotte Light Rail Ridership Will Rise (Observer) North Carolina Cuts Transit Funding by 26 Percent (WFAE) Macon Commission Restores Funding for Bus Service … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:50 AM EDT on July 6, 2018
- How Can People Reclaim Streets From Cars? (NYT)
- The Future of Transit: Multiple Modes, One Pass (The Economist)
- To Reduce Congestion, People Will Have to Share Driverless Cars (WaPo)
- Lynx Officials Optimistic Charlotte Light Rail Ridership Will Rise (Observer)
- North Carolina Cuts Transit Funding by 26 Percent (WFAE)
- Macon Commission Restores Funding for Bus Service (Telegraph)
- Toledo (WTOL) and Waco (KXXV) Start Bike-Share Programs
- Construction Starts on Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail (Curbed)
- Scooter Bubble? Google Boosts Lime’s Value Over $1 Billion (Vanity Fair)
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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