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Ryan: Easier to Pass Infrastructure Package If It’s Broken Up Into 5 or 6 Bills (Bloomberg) Virginia Passes Historic $154M D.C. Metro Funding Plan (Post, WTOC) New MARTA CEO Takes Over While Atlanta Transit’s at Crossroads (AJC) Baltimore Subway Reopens Today After Month-Long “Emergency” Repairs (Sun) More Coverage of Police Beating of Black Pedestrian in […]

Dems Unveil Their Own $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan (ABC, WaPo) As Congress Debates Gas Tax Hike (Post), Ryan Says No Way (The Hill) Officials Denounce Asheville Cop’s Beating of Black Pedestrian (Citizen-Times) Blue Cross Will Pay for 1,200 Bike-Share Bikes, 100 Stations in Boston (Herald) Cincinnati Cyclists Frustrated With Unsafe Environment (News Record) Blue Line […]

New Mayor David Briley Is Now Nashville’s Transit Champion (Tennessean) Who’s to Blame for the Cincinnati Streetcar’s Struggles? (Enquirer, City Beat) Political Maneuvering Could Keep Commuter Rail Out of Cobb County (AJC) Revised Study Shows Uber/Lyft Drivers Make $8-$10 an Hour (Fortune) Study on Expanding Miami-Dade Transit Delayed a Year (Herald, Today) Temporary Portland Bike […]

Will Megan Barry’s Resignation Affect Nashville Transit Vote? (WSMV) Lawmakers Screwed Up the Seattle Car Tab Debacle Again (The Stranger) Cincinnati Streetcar Ridership Is Crashing, With No Fix in Sight (Enquirer) Mobility Lab Talks With U of Oregon Planner About Future of Cities Lyft Gets Great PR Contrasting Itself With Scandal-Ridden Uber (CNN) Bike Commuters […]

Uber Execs Ridicule MIT Study, But Its Drivers Are Still Underpaid (Fortune) Slate: The Hyperloop Is a Pipe Dream, and Its Supporters Are Dupes Larry Hogan and Dems Reach Agreement on D.C. Metro Funding Bill (Post) Thanks to Broken Shelters, Miami Bus Riders Wait in Rain and Blazing Sun (Herald) Wisconsin Plummets in Bike-Friendly Rankings […]

Cities, States, and Feds Used Infrastructure to Enforce Redlining (Guardian) DOT Mulls How to Regulate Autonomous Vehicles (WaPo) Chao Spars With Dems Over Fast-Tracking Environmental Review (Roll Call) Study: Uber and Lyft Drivers Earn Half the Minimum Wage (NPR, USA Today) How NACTO’s Guidance Led to an Explosion of Bike Lanes (The Atlantic) Transit Funding […]