Today’s Headlines
Rail vs. Bus Rapid Transit Fight Continues in Miami-Dade (Herald) How Should Massachusetts Fund Transportation? (Commonwealth) Kansas City Will Roll Out Plan to Make City Better for Biking (Star) Two Seattle Bike-Share Companies Forbid Users From Suing Them (KIRO) Western College Towns Dominate List of Safest Cities to Bike (Next City) Why Is Iowa So … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:29 AM EDT on July 16, 2018
- Rail vs. Bus Rapid Transit Fight Continues in Miami-Dade (Herald)
- How Should Massachusetts Fund Transportation? (Commonwealth)
- Kansas City Will Roll Out Plan to Make City Better for Biking (Star)
- Two Seattle Bike-Share Companies Forbid Users From Suing Them (KIRO)
- Western College Towns Dominate List of Safest Cities to Bike (Next City)
- Why Is Iowa So Dangerous for Cycling? (Waterloo Courier)
- Bikelash Brews in St. Petersburg, But Mayor Still Backs Project (TB Times)
- Columbia, SC, Will Start Reversing Road Diet Tuesday (WACH)
- Champaign-Urbana Introduces Bike Boxes (News-Gazette)
- After Complaints, Store Discourages Parking in Bike Lane (Philly Mag)
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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