Today’s Headlines
Amtrak Testifies at NTSB Hearings About Its Response to Fatal Train Crashes (WaPo) Sightline: Taxing E-Scooters Is Fine If It Funds Bike Infrastructure Uber Slows Down Self-Driving Tests, Lays Off 100 People (CNET) Recode Predicts Uber Will Win the Coming Scooter War Oh, Good, Now Walking Paths Are Being Disrupted (Foreground) Seattle’s East Link Tunnel Completed Five Months … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:51 AM EDT on July 13, 2018
- Amtrak Testifies at NTSB Hearings About Its Response to Fatal Train Crashes (WaPo)
- Sightline: Taxing E-Scooters Is Fine If It Funds Bike Infrastructure
- Uber Slows Down Self-Driving Tests, Lays Off 100 People (CNET)
- Recode Predicts Uber Will Win the Coming Scooter War
- Oh, Good, Now Walking Paths Are Being Disrupted (Foreground)
- Seattle’s East Link Tunnel Completed Five Months Early (425 Business)
- Budget Cuts Could Strand 140 Mostly Sick People in Macon (NBC 41)
- Bike-Shares Launching in Annapolis (Capital Gazette) and Detroit Suburb (Metro Times)
- Danes Bike So Much Because It’s Easy and Convenient (Mobility Lab)
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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