Today’s Headlines
Democrats Reluctant to Help Trump Pass Infrastructure Plan (Politico) The Competing (and Dubious) Schemes for Baltimore-D.C. High-Speed Rail (City Lab) Metro Adds Trips to Pentagon; Other Changes to Arlington Bus Service (Patch) Agreement Aims to Halt Gentrification Along Purple Line (Next City) Philadelphia Commits to Building Two New Protected Bike Lanes (Inquirer) Cleveland Transit Might … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:00 AM EST on December 15, 2017
- Democrats Reluctant to Help Trump Pass Infrastructure Plan (Politico)
- The Competing (and Dubious) Schemes for Baltimore-D.C. High-Speed Rail (City Lab)
- Metro Adds Trips to Pentagon; Other Changes to Arlington Bus Service (Patch)
- Agreement Aims to Halt Gentrification Along Purple Line (Next City)
- Philadelphia Commits to Building Two New Protected Bike Lanes (Inquirer)
- Cleveland Transit Might Need a Tax Hike to Stay Solvent (Plain Dealer)
- SORTA Pitches Tax Hike for More Frequent Bus Service in Cincy (City Beat)
- Houston Is Jealous of Dallas Light Rail? (Houston Press)
- Hawaii City Removes Crosswalks Near Middle School (KHON)
- Elon Musk Can’t Defend His Terrible Urban Transport Ideas (Human Transit)
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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