Today’s Headlines
What Could America Do With All Its Empty Parking Spaces? (Bloomberg) Gwinnett Commission Votes Wednesday on Transit Referendum (AJC) Charlotte, Home of NASCAR, Designs a Walkable Neighborhood (Next City) Metro Fast-Tracks Safety Upgrades After Feds Threaten Funding (WaPo) New Orleans Expands Complete Streets Law (The Advocate) Jacksonville Spends Millions Bailing Out Private Parking Garages (Times-Union) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
11:40 AM EDT on July 31, 2018
- What Could America Do With All Its Empty Parking Spaces? (Bloomberg)
- Gwinnett Commission Votes Wednesday on Transit Referendum (AJC)
- Charlotte, Home of NASCAR, Designs a Walkable Neighborhood (Next City)
- Metro Fast-Tracks Safety Upgrades After Feds Threaten Funding (WaPo)
- New Orleans Expands Complete Streets Law (The Advocate)
- Jacksonville Spends Millions Bailing Out Private Parking Garages (Times-Union)
- Reddit User Creates Fantasy Transit Map for Columbus (Dispatch)
- Sun Link Streetcar Hits 4 Million Trips in Four Years (Arizona Public Media)
- Ofo Quits Atlanta, Says City Is Too Auto-Centric (WABE)
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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