Today’s Headlines
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is All About Making Road-Builders Rich (Newsweek) Washington DOT Hopes Bus-Only Shoulder Lane Will Ease Seattle Traffic (Q13) If the Milwaukee Streetcar Is Free, People Will Flip When It’s Not Free Anymore (Urban Milwaukee) Curbed Expects Further Expansion of Detroit Transit in 2018 Ignore the Clutter: Bike-Share Will Benefit Dallas (Morning News) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:22 AM EST on January 4, 2018
- Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is All About Making Road-Builders Rich (Newsweek)
- Washington DOT Hopes Bus-Only Shoulder Lane Will Ease Seattle Traffic (Q13)
- If the Milwaukee Streetcar Is Free, People Will Flip When It’s Not Free Anymore (Urban Milwaukee)
- Curbed Expects Further Expansion of Detroit Transit in 2018
- Ignore the Clutter: Bike-Share Will Benefit Dallas (Morning News)
- Denver Transit Testing Trains on Delayed G-Line (Post)
- Wired’s Advice for Cities in 2018: Collect Data and Consider Your Curbs
- China Opened 100 Miles of New Subway Lines Last Week (Next City)
- Canadian City Saw 50% Jump in Ridership on Free-Fare Days (CNC)
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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