Today’s Headlines
The Federal Transportation Trust Fund Is Still Going Broke Under Trump’s Plan (NBC) Cyclists Are At the Mercy of Drivers Even When They Follow the Law (Bicycling) Lawmakers Inch Closer to Dedicated Funding Source for DC Metro (Post) Whether It’s BRT or Rail, It Must Be Fast and Frequent, Experts Tell Tampa Bay Times Transit … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:01 AM EST on January 29, 2018
- The Federal Transportation Trust Fund Is Still Going Broke Under Trump’s Plan (NBC)
- Cyclists Are At the Mercy of Drivers Even When They Follow the Law (Bicycling)
- Lawmakers Inch Closer to Dedicated Funding Source for DC Metro (Post)
- Whether It’s BRT or Rail, It Must Be Fast and Frequent, Experts Tell Tampa Bay Times
- Transit Boosters Raised $1.3M to Back Nashville Referendum (Tennessean)
- Nashville Transit Opponents Have No Alternative, Critics Say (Fox 17)
- Agency Funds 10 Philadelphia-Area Bike/Ped Projects (Inquirer)
- Olympia Plan Will Widen Sidewalks, Add Bike Lanes Downtown (The Olympian)
- Waco’s On-Demand Transit Service Threatened by Funding Cuts (Tribune)
- Lyft Stole Riders’ Data, Too (Slate)
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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