Today’s Headlines
Indiana Lawmakers Reconsider Light Rail Ban in Hopes of Luring Amazon (Indy Star) Georgia Lawmakers Mull Expanding MARTA and Rebranding It “The ATL” (WABE) Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Favors Wealthy Areas Over Poor Ones (Quartz) Republicans Tired of Waiting for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Politico) NIMBYs and Republicans Are Trying to Stop Minneapolis’s Southwest Line (Star Trib) … Continued
By
Blake Aued
10:05 AM EST on January 26, 2018
- Indiana Lawmakers Reconsider Light Rail Ban in Hopes of Luring Amazon (Indy Star)
- Georgia Lawmakers Mull Expanding MARTA and Rebranding It “The ATL” (WABE)
- Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Favors Wealthy Areas Over Poor Ones (Quartz)
- Republicans Tired of Waiting for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Politico)
- NIMBYs and Republicans Are Trying to Stop Minneapolis’s Southwest Line (Star Trib)
- First of $200M Worth of Bike Lanes Breaks Ground in San Diego (Union-Tribune)
- Phoenix Councilman Recommends Throwing Bikes in the Trash (Arizona Republic)
- Kansas City Streetcar Riders Are Still Driving — and Parking (Star)
- Cycle Tracks Are Helpful on Fast Roads, But What About Slow Streets? (Strong Towns)
- U.K. City Developing Cheap Lighter-Than-Light Rail for Suburbs (Global Rail News)
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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