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LA Times: Driver Speed Is Not the Most Important Consideration When Designing Roads Why Is Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Passing on Opportunities to Install Protected Bus and Bike Lanes? (Globe) Colorado Legislator Who Wants Bike Tax Really Seems to Like Having Bicyclists on Roads (Daily Sentinel) Drivers Blocking Trains: Detroit Issues Tickets (Free Press); Houston […]

Conservative Think Tank: Don’t Rely on Privatization for Trump’s $1 Billion Infrastructure Target (Hill) Trump’s New WMATA Board Members Want to See Privatization at Metro (WAMU) Cuomo Wants Trump to Push Infrastructure Plan, “Single Best Idea” From Campaign (Politico) Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Automated Camera Enforcement (WOSU) You’ll Find the DC Area’s Best […]

Las Vegas RTC Hosts Meetings to Come Up With Shiny New Transit Plan (Sun) After Deaths, Fayetteville, NC, Officials Blame “People Darting Across the Middle of the Road” (WNCN) MARTA Back In Court Defending Unreliable Paratransit Service (AJC) Brightline, Florida’s Private Sector Passenger Rail, Will Focus on Commuter Service First (Palm Beach Post) Cities Reach […]

Bucking Trump and House, Senate Committee Votes to Save TIGER, Boost DOT Funding (Hill, Bloomberg) Food and Water Watch Sues Trump Administration Over Secrecy of Infrastructure Advisors (NYT, Hill) Amid Subway Crisis, Chao Meets With Andrew Cuomo Today to Talk About Gateway Tunnel (NYT) D.C. DOT Chief Leif Dormsjo Resigns to Take Job With Consulting […]

Florida DOT Considers Lower Speed Limits, Narrower Car Lanes to Improve Tampa Bay Safety (WFTS) Hourly Commuter Rail Between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield Set to Launch Next May (Courant) Trump Administration Replaces Obama Appointees on WMATA Board With Bush-Era Officials (WAMU, Hill) MyNorthwest Columnist Wants Seattle to Follow Honolulu’s Lead and Enact More Anti-Pedestrian […]

Multiple Sources Confirm: Trump’s “Infrastructure Plan” Is Not Going Anywhere (NYT) SEPTA Pins Falling Ridership on Growth of Uber, Lyft; Promises to Rethink Bus Service (Philly.com) Springfield Transit Authority Cut Service to Balance Budget, Drawing MassDOT Scrutiny (WAMC) Denver Post Editorial: “Why Not Tax the Bicyclists? …We Are Intrigued” by Statewide Bike Tax Idea Seattle Times […]