Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Board Cuts Late-Night Service for Two Years (WaPo) Feds Grant $499M for Forth Worth-Dallas Rail (Star-Telegram) LaHood Is Offering Advice About Getting Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Done (The Hill) Governing Looks at the Prospects for Private Infrastructure Financing Under Trump LA Times: Ease Traffic By Making Parking More Difficult Coalition in Ohio Pushes Governor for Transit Funding (Cleveland Scene) … Continued
December 16, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Why Ben Carson Running HUD Doesn’t Bode Well for Cities (WaPo); Democrats Pan Carson Pick (Hill) Shuster to Continue Leading House Transpo Committee (Transport Topics) An Optimistic Take on the Unified Republican Government and Transit (Planetizen) DC Officials Claim Discrimination in Metro’s Planned Service Cuts (WTOP) Honolulu Rail Costs Could Balloon to $9.5B (Civil Beat) Apple Finally Acknowledges Its Interest in Self-Driving Cars (Gov … Continued
December 6, 2016
Today’s Headlines
It’s Official: Trump Taps Ben Carson and His Non-Existent Housing Experience to Run HUD (Politico) Whatever Trump Does, Mayors Will Act on Climate Change (Scientific-American) Seattle Is Building a Lot of Apartments But Not a Lot of Parking Spots (Seattle Times) LaHood and Rendell Pitch Infrastructure Spending in The Hill Feds Target Sleep Apnea in Wake of Hoboken … Continued
December 5, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Uber Appears to Be Hemorrhaging Money (FT) Battle’s Brewing on DC Metro Board Over Late-Night Service Cuts (WaPo) Cities and States at Odds Over What to Do With Aging Urban Highways (Governing) Purple Line Design Options Unveiled (Bethesda Mag) Detroit’s QLine Could Draw $3B in Development (MLive) Outdoor Mag: Does Bike-Share Actually Work? Universities Get Federal Funds to … Continued
December 2, 2016
Today’s Headlines
The Hack of SF Muni Hack Highlights a Broader Cybersecurity Threat (SF Chron) Top Dems Call for Transpo Funding Boost from Congress (The Hill) DC Metro Looks at Stopping Service at 11:30 PM (WaPo) Detroit to Answer Feds’ Call for “Proving Ground” for Self-Driving Cars (Crain’s) Railroads Show Uneven Progress on Safety Tech; MetroNorth Lags (Railway Age, NH Register) … Continued
November 29, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Tennessee Democrat and Friend of Trump Kids Harold Ford May Lead Trump’s DOT (Politico) Pennsylvania Rep Lou Barletta Might Also Get the Transportation Secretary Job (Penn Live) NACTO Releases Post-Election Statement of Values Feds Seek Fixes for Distracted Driving (StarTrib) City Observatory‘s Guide to the Trump Infrastructure Debate How Exactly Does Trump Define “Infrastructure”? (CityLab) Miami’s Transit … Continued
November 28, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Why Cities Have to Take the Lead in Trump’s America (NextCity) Jared Bernstein: Trump Is Doing Infrastructure Wrong (Politico) The Hill Wants to See Bipartisan Work on Infrastructure Numbers Suggest Trump Can’t Wipe Out Climate Change Progress (WaPo) Utah House Speaker in Talks for DOT Post (KSL) Feds Finally Release Safety Rules for High-Speed Rail (Wired) Civil Rights Suit Filed … Continued
November 22, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Ron Klain to Dems: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Trap — Don’t Fall for It (WaPo) Krugman: And It’s a Privatization Scam (NYT) CityLab Speculates About Trump’s Transpo Secretary Pick Atlanta’s MARTA Expansion Depends a Lot on GOP Officials (AJC) In LA, Transit Tax Victory Shows Broad Frustration With Traffic (LA Times) Seattle Advocates Want Another Rail Vote to … Continued
November 21, 2016
Today’s Headlines
The New York Times Published Someone’s Sick Fantasy About “Trump-Sized” Infrastructure LA Times: Can Buy America Work for California High-Speed Rail? Amtrak CEO on New Trains, Safety, and Trump (CBS) Detroit Officials Try to Figure Out Why Local Transit Tax Failed (Detroit News) Nebraska Senator May Be on Shortlist for Trump’s DOT (KETV) Atlanta’s Transit Divide Deepens After Election (WABE) … Continued
November 18, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Republicans May Not Embrace Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Atlantic) What’s at Stake with Trump’s HUD Pick (CityLab) It’s True: Mica Wants the DOT Gig (The Hill) How Might Trump’s Election Affect LA’s Transit Goals? (KPCC) Election Night Change Views on Federal Takeover of DC Metro (WaPo) In Boston, Complex Battles Over Privatizing Transit (Boston Globe) Transit Advocates Push for Rail … Continued
November 15, 2016