Today’s Headlines
GOP Tax Bill Likely to Hurt City Transit and Infrastructure (CityLab) Boston Suburbs Win Grants to Improve Bus Service (Globe) I-66 Tolls Make D.C. Commuters Consider Metro (Post) VA Delegate-Elect Danica Roem Opposes High I-66 Tolls (WTOP) Washington Post Backs Comstock’s Metro Bill California Mulls Replacing Gas Tax With Per-Mile Fee (Sacramento Bee) Buffalo Officials … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:11 AM EST on December 8, 2017
- GOP Tax Bill Likely to Hurt City Transit and Infrastructure (CityLab)
- Boston Suburbs Win Grants to Improve Bus Service (Globe)
- I-66 Tolls Make D.C. Commuters Consider Metro (Post)
- VA Delegate-Elect Danica Roem Opposes High I-66 Tolls (WTOP)
- Washington Post Backs Comstock’s Metro Bill
- California Mulls Replacing Gas Tax With Per-Mile Fee (Sacramento Bee)
- Buffalo Officials Can’t Explain Why Transit Ridership Is Declining (News)
- Private Investors Never Ponied Up for the St. Louis Loop (Post-Dispatch)
- Cyclists Petition Philly to Move Faster on Safety Improvements (Inquirer)
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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