Today’s Headlines
D.C. Metro Developing New Bus Business Model (WaPo) Baltimore Cyclists Say Firefighters Are Intimidating Them (Next City) Philly Cyclists to Drivers: Stop Parking in Bike Lanes (Voice) Trump Steel Tariff Could Raise Costs for Streetcar Projects (KC Biz Journal) Now Uber and Lyft Want to Buy “Groupon for Buses” Skedaddle (The Drive) Houston Chronicle: Houston … Continued
By
Blake Aued
11:17 AM EDT on July 9, 2018
- D.C. Metro Developing New Bus Business Model (WaPo)
- Baltimore Cyclists Say Firefighters Are Intimidating Them (Next City)
- Philly Cyclists to Drivers: Stop Parking in Bike Lanes (Voice)
- Trump Steel Tariff Could Raise Costs for Streetcar Projects (KC Biz Journal)
- Now Uber and Lyft Want to Buy “Groupon for Buses” Skedaddle (The Drive)
- Houston Chronicle: Houston Needs to Be More Walkable — Now
- Atlanta BeltLine CEO Leaves After Less Than a Year (Curbed)
- While Detroit Balked, Ann Arbor Transit Measure Passed (Metro Times)
- Seeking Ideas to Improve Buffalo Transit (Buffalo Rising)
- Parklet Proves Popular on Boston Street (WCVB)
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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