Today’s Headlines
MARTA Needs a Citizen Committee to Guide Expansion (Saporta Report) After Hit-and-Run, Louisville Police Crack Down on… Walking (Courier-Journal) Portland Reinvests Parking Revenue to Reduce the Need to Drive (Sightline) West Palm Beach Announces Vision Zero Initiative (WPTV) Lime Brings 500 Rental Bikes to UCF (Orlando Sentinel), Expands Service at Ohio State (Columbus Dispatch) In Transportation, … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:38 AM EDT on August 15, 2018
- MARTA Needs a Citizen Committee to Guide Expansion (Saporta Report)
- After Hit-and-Run, Louisville Police Crack Down on… Walking (Courier-Journal)
- Portland Reinvests Parking Revenue to Reduce the Need to Drive (Sightline)
- West Palm Beach Announces Vision Zero Initiative (WPTV)
- Lime Brings 500 Rental Bikes to UCF (Orlando Sentinel), Expands Service at Ohio State (Columbus Dispatch)
- In Transportation, Perception Becomes Reality (Mobility Lab)
- Study: Over Half of Drivers Don’t Check for Bikes When Turning (Treehugger)
- Good Design Tricks Drivers Into Better Behavior (BBC)
- Food-Delivery Robots Are the Latest Thing Cluttering Sidewalks (Axios)
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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