Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Senate Dems, Wanting Trump Commitment to Gateway Tunnel, Delay DOT Appointee Confirmations (WSJ) Amid Trump Uncertainty, City and State Infrastructure Investment Down Nearly 20 Percent This Year (Reuters) Meanwhile, in Canada: Spurred by Federal Investments, Infrastructure Spending Rises (WaPo) Albuquerque BRT Opponents Convinced Bus Lanes Will Be Ripped Out Within 20 Years (ABQ Journal) Twin […]

Congress Approves WMATA Safety Commission, Opening Door for U.S. DOT Funds (WTOP, WaPo) NY State Legislators: We Can’t Remove Downtown Interstate, Because Traffic (WAER, Syracuse.com) Kansas City Streetcar Expansion Takes Step Forward With Approval of New Taxing District (Star) Downtown Property Owners in Columbus, OH, to Fund Free Bus Passes for 43,000 Workers (Dispatch) NIMBYs […]

Senate Might Make a Move on Infrastructure Before White House (Hill) Kentucky Convinced Expanding Highway to Cincinnati Will Reduce Congestion (WCPO) Florida Aggressive Driving Deaths Rise; Here’s a Litany of Sociopathic Road Rage Incidents (Miami Herald) Huntsville to Install First Protected Bike Lane on Three Blocks Downtown (AL.com) Construction Sites in Downtown Kansas City Violating […]

Dallas Morning News Columnist Celebrates Impending Death of Trinity Toll Road Birmingham Beltway Will Bring Jobs, Money, Ponies for Everyone, Say Highway Boosters (AL.com) Jacobs Announces Purchase of CH2M to Create Transportation Mega-Consultant (Bloomberg, Reuters) FTA Approves Environmental Review to Replace NEC Portal Bridge Bottleneck; Next: Funding (NJ.com) South Florida Opponents Say Privately-Funded Rail Needs […]

U.S. DOT Proposes Easing Rules for Transit Projects That Get Private Financing (Route Fifty) Trump and Congressional Budget Cuts Threaten LA Subway Expansion Before 2028 Olympics (KPCC) Parking Became Cheaper Than Transit, So Austin Community College Students Stopped Taking the Bus (Monitor) Philly Breaks Ground on Its First One-Way Protected Bike Lane in University City […]

NRDC Sues Trump Administration for Halting Rule That Would Track Highway Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Nation Takes a Look at How Denver’s I-70 Widening Would Blast Through Low-Income Neighborhoods Instead of Building New Highway, North Carolina to Spend $531 Million Widening I-85 (Shelby Star) Trump’s Turbulent White House Continues to Insist Infrastructure Is “Still a […]