Today’s Headlines
Expect More Disasters Like Italy Highway Collapse (The Atlantic) Politico‘s Ben White Talks About How Trump’s Infrastructure Push Went Wrong WaPo Columnist: Streets Are for Cars, and Bikes Should Get Out of the Way Why It’s Harder to Regulate Ride-Hailing Than Bike-Share (Mobility Lab) Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Approves Plans for 800 Miles of Bike Paths … Continued
By
Blake Aued
2:04 PM EDT on August 16, 2018
- Expect More Disasters Like Italy Highway Collapse (The Atlantic)
- Politico‘s Ben White Talks About How Trump’s Infrastructure Push Went Wrong
- WaPo Columnist: Streets Are for Cars, and Bikes Should Get Out of the Way
- Why It’s Harder to Regulate Ride-Hailing Than Bike-Share (Mobility Lab)
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Approves Plans for 800 Miles of Bike Paths (Philly Biz Journal)
- Baltimore Replaces Bike-Share With New Dockless Program (WBAL, Fox 5)
- Milwaukee County Revamps Transit System (Shepherd Express)
- DC’s Capital Bike-Share Goes Electric (WUSA)
- Atlanta’s Midtown Alliance Wants a Parklet (Curbed)
- Vancouver Complete Streets Plan Meets Backlash Over Parking (Columbian)
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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