Today’s Headlines
- Trump Administration Deals a Blow to Caltrain Electrification (SF Chronicle)
- Will Trump Punish Sanctuary Cities By Withholding Funds for Transportation Projects? (Politico)
- Instead of "Climate Change," FHWA Now Refers to "Resilience" (WaPo)
- New York Times Profiles Denver's Backward Plan to Widen an Urban Highway
- Nebraska Senator Deb Fisscher Wants to Fund Transportation With Border Fees (Washington Examiner)
- Surge of Pedestrian Deaths in Chicago Shows No Signs of Slowing (DNAinfo)
- Bike Lane Vigilante Targets Philly's Illegal Parkers (Philly Voice)
- GOP Lawmakers Trying to Divert Twin Cities Light Rail Money to Roads and Bridges (Star Tribune)
- WA Lawmakers Want to Revive Boondoggle Megahighway Bridge Outside Portland (Planetizen)
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