Today’s Headlines
Does Trump Support Public-Private Partnerships or Not? (WaPo) Major Transit Projects in Boston, Miami, St. Louis, and Elsewhere Open in 2018 (Transport Politic) Tampa Bay Times: Legislature Shouldn’t Attach Strings to Transit Funding MARTA’s All-New Train Cars Will Have Wi-Fi (WABE) Bike Group Calls for Complete Streets in New Orleans (The Lens) Post and Courier Wants … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:43 AM EST on January 9, 2018
- Does Trump Support Public-Private Partnerships or Not? (WaPo)
- Major Transit Projects in Boston, Miami, St. Louis, and Elsewhere Open in 2018 (Transport Politic)
- Tampa Bay Times: Legislature Shouldn’t Attach Strings to Transit Funding
- MARTA’s All-New Train Cars Will Have Wi-Fi (WABE)
- Bike Group Calls for Complete Streets in New Orleans (The Lens)
- Post and Courier Wants New Leadership on Charleston Transit Board
- Fresno Council Member Proposes Spending Rail Money on Roads (ABC 30)
- FTA Still Won’t Release Funding for Honolulu Rail System (City Beat)
- Phoenix Residents Favor Trees Over Sidewalks (Mail Tribune)
- Bike/Ped Path Is Last Part of Eugene Interchange Left to Finish (Register-Guard)
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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