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 … Continued
9:25 AM EST on February 21, 2017
- 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)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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