Today’s Headlines
Gwinnett Will Put Transit Plan to the Voters, But When? (AJC) D.C. Metro Workers Consider Striking (WaPo) Minneapolis Reaches Right-of-Way Agreement for Southwest Light Rail Line (Star Trib) Arizona Star Cuts Through the Fake News on South Phoenix Light Rail Tampa Residents Resort to Waving Signs at Speeding Drivers (WTSP) Seattle Approves Dockless Bike-Share Rules … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:29 AM EDT on July 18, 2018
- Gwinnett Will Put Transit Plan to the Voters, But When? (AJC)
- D.C. Metro Workers Consider Striking (WaPo)
- Minneapolis Reaches Right-of-Way Agreement for Southwest Light Rail Line (Star Trib)
- Arizona Star Cuts Through the Fake News on South Phoenix Light Rail
- Tampa Residents Resort to Waving Signs at Speeding Drivers (WTSP)
- Seattle Approves Dockless Bike-Share Rules Allowing 20,000 Bikes (KIRO)
- Ford Is Building Two More Parking Decks in Detroit (Detroit News)
- Lyft Offers Discounts on Bikes/Scooters to Transit Riders (The Verge)
- California Dems (Times of SD) and Businesses (Sac Bee) Want to Keep Gas Tax
- Someone Keeps Laying Thumbtacks on Boston Bike Lane (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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