Today’s Headlines
Repairs Have DC Metro Telling Riders to Stop Taking Metro (WaPo) Baltimore Revises Fire Code to Clear Way for More Bike Lanes (Sun) How Can Cities Reverse the Drop in Bus Ridership? (Mobility Lab) Three Bike-Share Companies Leave Dallas (KERA) Hundreds of Dallas Ofo Bikes Wind Up in Scrap Heap (Morning News, KHOU) Savannah Transit … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:26 AM EDT on August 8, 2018
- Repairs Have DC Metro Telling Riders to Stop Taking Metro (WaPo)
- Baltimore Revises Fire Code to Clear Way for More Bike Lanes (Sun)
- How Can Cities Reverse the Drop in Bus Ridership? (Mobility Lab)
- Three Bike-Share Companies Leave Dallas (KERA)
- Hundreds of Dallas Ofo Bikes Wind Up in Scrap Heap (Morning News, KHOU)
- Savannah Transit Officials Hope for Funding From State of GA (Morning News)
- Manufacturers Buy Ads to Remind Trump About Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
- Las Vegas Sun: Rail Is the Only Thing That Can Reduce Traffic
- There’s No App for Michigan’s Amish Version of Uber (WWMT)
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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