Today’s Headlines
Senator: Trump Budget Would Cut $145 Billion From Transit (Crain’s) Dems Release Vague Infrastructure Plan in Absence of Trump’s (The Hill) Judge Will Soon Decide Fate of Minneapolis’ Southwest Light-Rail Line (Star-Tribune) Public Blowback Leads Seattle Planners to Cave on Tolls (KIRO) Philadelphia Needs More Sidewalk Space (CBS Philly) Bike-Share Service Sets Up Nine Stations … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:19 AM EDT on October 5, 2017
- Senator: Trump Budget Would Cut $145 Billion From Transit (Crain’s)
- Dems Release Vague Infrastructure Plan in Absence of Trump’s (The Hill)
- Judge Will Soon Decide Fate of Minneapolis’ Southwest Light-Rail Line (Star-Tribune)
- Public Blowback Leads Seattle Planners to Cave on Tolls (KIRO)
- Philadelphia Needs More Sidewalk Space (CBS Philly)
- Bike-Share Service Sets Up Nine Stations in Harrisburg (Penn Live)
- Baltimore’s Bike-Share Theft Problem Is Common and Fixable (Post)
- San Diego Hesitates on Assuming Responsibility for Dangerous Sidewalks (Tribune)
- Dallas-Fort Worth Lacks Transit Options, Star-Telegram Columnist Says
- Missoula and Macon Win FTA Grants for Electric Buses (KPAX; Telegraph)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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