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D.C. Metro Needs $15 Billion for Repairs, Let Alone New Projects (WaPo) Thousands Ride Charlotte Blue Line on Opening Weekend (WSOC) Anti-Tax Zealot Opposes Nashville Transit Referendum (Forbes) Without Transit, Atlanta Beltline Will Gentrify, Founder Ryan Gravel Says Major Birmingham Commercial Corridor Will Become Complete Street (AL.com) Operating Costs for Seattle Streetcar on the Rise (Seattle […]

Ivanka — Yes, Ivanka — Will Talk Infrastructure in Visit to Iowa Today (Des Moines Register) New Fort Lauderdale Commissioners Vow to Kill Wave Streetcar (Sun Sentinel) More Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Philadelphia This Spring (Inquirer) Durham Buys Land for Light Rail Maintenance Facility (Herald Sun) Drivers Killed a Record Number of People in […]

Cities Aren’t Doing Enough to Turn the Tide on Traffic Deaths (WaPo) Newly Built Miami Pedestrian Bridge Collapses (Herald) Superfriends Push Trump Infrastructure Plan (NPR) Atlanta Reaches Deal on Last Stretch of BeltLine Land (Atlanta Magazine) Wayne County Pitches New Metro Detroit Transit Plan (Curbed); Oakland County Backs Out (MLive) With Blue Line Extension Open, […]

Mayors Want Feds to Match 50 Percent of Infrastructure Project Costs (CityLab) Charlotte’s Blue Line Light Rail Extension Opens Friday (Observer, WFAE) Houston Paying the Price for Focusing on Freeways Over Transit (KPRC) Massachusetts Transit Authorities Face State Budget Cuts (MassLive) Without Regional Cooperation, Detroit Should Act on Transit Alone (Model D) Workers Park on […]

Reason No. 1,657 Why Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Will Fail (Observer) Austin Transpo Board Recommends BRT on Congested Street (Monitor) Guerrilla Signage Says Asheville Jaywalkers “Subject to Abuse” by Police (Citizen-Times) Milwaukee Streetcar Extension Passed Over for TIGER Grant (Biz Times) Pre-Fab Bus Platforms Can Shave Time Off Stops (CityLab) Apple Maps Now Lets Users Search […]

All Over America, Jaywalking Laws Are Disproportionately Enforced Against Black People (New Republic) The Washington Post Editorial Board Backs a Gas Tax Hike Atlanta Receives Federal Grant for Downtown-Summerhill BRT (Curbed) Bike-Share Data Shows People Are Riding Them in Charlotte (Observer) Seattle Mall Will Expand When Light Rail Arrives (KING) Jacksonville Streets Are Hard to […]