Today’s Headlines
APTA Asks Trump For Its Typical Slice of the Infrastructure Pie (The Hill) How the Push for Quick Infrastructure Could Affect Environmental Regs (Governing) In Detroit Today, Trump Expected to Reconsider Emissions Standards (Detroit News) St. Louis, Dallas Press Washington for Transit Funding (MissouriNet, Dallas News) Tech Bros Feel the Uber, Lyft Void at Austin’s SXSW (Slate) The Results of Bay Area’s Transit Incentive … Continued
March 14, 2017
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The Biggest Threat to Cities’ Transit Ambitions May Come From Congress (CityLab) Will TIGER Grants Be on the Chopping Block? (The Hill) Boston Considers Weekend Commuter Rail Shutdowns (Boston Globe) What Suburbs Will Look Like in the Future (Business Insider) DC Metro’s Ridership Losses Have Pulled Down National Numbers (Washingtonian) Why Does the “Industrial Parking Complex” Keep Winning? (Boston … Continued
March 13, 2017
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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Denies Basic Climate Science (WaPo) The Thinking Person’s Infrastructure Model: Focus on Walkability (Washington Monthly) Privately Funded Texas Rail Gets Boost From White House (McClatchy) Engineers Again Give U.S. Infrastructure Near-Flunking Grade (Reuters) How Would Pittsburgh Benefit From BRT? (Post-Gazette) With Uber, Lyft Out in Austin, Ride-Share Will Take New Forms (MIT Tech Review) … Continued
March 10, 2017
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DC Metro Moves Forward With Fare Hike, Service Cuts (WaPo) Boston Unveils 2030 Transpo Plan (Boston Globe) California Preps to Battle Trump Over Vehicle Emissions (Atlantic) APTA Study Highlights How Transit Riders Help Power the Economy (CNN Money) Bike Portland Takes Pulse of National Bike Summit in DC Why Kansas City’s Failed Experiment With Bridj Could Still Help Transit (Wired) … Continued
March 7, 2017
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White House Expected to Weaken Vehicle Pollution Standards (NYT) Caltrain Looks for Plan B As Trump Withholds Funds for Upgrades (SF Chron, NYT) Despite “Bikelash,” Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Isn’t Backing Down on Bike Lanes (Post-Gazette) After Much Controversy, Cleveland Reopens Public Square to Buses (AP) Report: Apartments Near Transit Bring Cities More Tax Revenue (GGW) Uber Goes … Continued
March 6, 2017
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Housing Policy Neophyte Ben Carson Confirmed as HUD Boss (WaPo) Whatever Happens to the EPA, It’s Important for Cities (CityLab) Milwaukee Groups File Suit Against Highway Expansion (Biz Times) Janette Sadik-Khan Sees “Electric” Energy in Detroit (Detroit Free Press) Anthony Foxx Skeptical of Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (CBS News) WaPo on How NIMBYism Could Kill Infrastructure Ambitions … Continued
March 3, 2017
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Governors Don’t Expect Trump to Follow Through on Infrastructure Spending Talk (McClatchy, Hill) Caltrain Buys Time on Electrification While Waiting on Feds (SF Examiner) Indianapolis Approves Tax for Major Transit Expansion (Indy Star) Seattle Tops Nation in Growth of Transit Ridership (Seattle PI) Sacramento Wants to Shake Up Its 30-Year-Old Bus System (Sac Bee) Hawaii Senators Shoot … Continued
February 28, 2017
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As Traffic Deaths Rise, Cities Across U.S. Pursue Lower Speed Limits (WaPo) What’s Behind America’s Declining Transit Ridership? (CityLab) Boston Leads Nation in Light Rail Derailments (Boston Globe) DC Metro May Sell Station Naming Rights to Raise Cash (WaPo) Houston Speeds Up Project to Demolish Downtown Freeway (Houston Chron) NYT: What Happened to Trump’s Infrastructure Plan? … Continued
February 27, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Trump Preps for Infrastructure Talk, But Congress Is in No Rush (The Hill) In Texas, A Flurry of Bills Threaten High-Speed Rail (Dallas News) Lyft Expands to New Cities … As Uber Does Damage Control (CNN Money) Why Trump’s Attack on California Rail is Concerning (Wired) D.C. Coalition Pushes For Building More Housing By Transit (GGW) America … Continued
February 24, 2017
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Congress Steps in to Kickstart DC Metro Safety Commission (WTOP) Slate: If Chao Slashes Bay Area Rail Funds, We’ll Know She’s Politicizing Transpo No Need to Demonize Driving, Just Stop Subsidizing It (CityLab) Killing a Regional Transit Board Could Save Twin Cities Transit (MinnPost) NJ Dems Introduce Train Audit Bill in Response to Deadly Crash (The … Continued
February 17, 2017