Today’s Headlines
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
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on February 28, 2017
- 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 Down Rail Tax Extension (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- U.S. Cities Embrace Glitzy Transit Hubs (Curbed)
- Uber’s in Trouble With Google Lawsuit and New Evidence of CA Violations (LA Times, Verge)
- Baltimore Bike-Share to Add 30 Stations (Baltimore Biz Journal)
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