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GOP Tax Bill Will Hit City Finances Hard (Curbed) Texas Governor Blasts Austin’s Plan for Bus Lanes (KUVE, Spectrum News) MDOT Moves Ahead With Plan to Remove Downtown Detroit Freeway (Free Press) Complete Streets Coalition Starts Scoring Complete Streets Policies Based on Equitable Results (Fast Lane) OKC Complete Street Is Not What the City Promised […]

Trump Advisor Wants Cities to Pay Out the Nose for Infrastructure (Route 50) D.C. Transit-Oriented Development Boosting Economy and Reducing Traffic (Mobility Lab) Another D.C. Metro Reform/Funding Plan Surfaces (WaPo, WAMU) New Omaha Group Forms to Push for Downtown Streetcar (KIOS) Almost All Pedestrian Crashes in Minneapolis Happen on a Handful of Streets (MN Daily) […]

Toronto Streetcar Cuts Travel Times and Ridership Soars (Star) Is D.C. Metro Ridership Declining Because of Uber and Lyft? (Post) Greater Greater Washington Wants Riders’ Help Measuring Metro’s Punctuality Sound Transit Working Out the Details of West Seattle Expansion (West Seattle Blog) Phoenix Aims to Add 180 Miles of Bike Lanes by 2022 (ABC 15) […]

Forget Trump, Congress Is Writing Its Own Infrastructure Plan (The Hill) The D.C. Area Needs More Dedicated Bus Lanes (WAMU) Cities Think Dockless Bike-Share Will Boost Bike Commuting (WaPo) Philadelphia, Seattle Rethink How They Use Curbs (Next City) City of Boston Removes Hand-Painted Bike Lanes (CBS) Philadelphia Repaints Faded Bike Lane Days After Cyclist Dies […]

Inspectors Uncover More D.C. Metro Safety Issues (WTOP) Groups Say Firms That Operate D.C. Transit Treat Workers Unfairly (WAMU) More Seattle Young People Are Riding Transit After Fares Reduced (Next City) Milwaukee Mayoral Candidate Would Close Downtown Streetcar (Fox 6) How Cities Can Convert Stroads to People-Centric Streets (Strong Towns) New Dockless Bike-Share Promises to […]

After State Objects, Montgomery County Prez Pushes for Dedicated Metro Funding (Post) Meanwhile, Unions and Dems Propose Beefing Up Federal Funding for Metro (Post) MBTA Mulls Adding Stop to Boston’s Green Line (Cambridge Day) The Hill Catches on That Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Probably a Chimera Implementing Vision Zero in U.S. Is Hard Because Drivers […]