Today’s Headlines
Trump Administration Wants to Expedite Road Expansion Projects (USA Today) Quartz Questions Whether Ride-Hailing Services Are Out to Kill Public Transit Suburbanites Mad About Paying More to Park at Metro Stations (WaPo) Mayor Landrieu Doubts Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Help Rebuild New Orleans (AP) Fort Lauderdale Mayor: Wave Is Key Cog in Future Transit System … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:05 AM EST on February 6, 2018
- Trump Administration Wants to Expedite Road Expansion Projects (USA Today)
- Quartz Questions Whether Ride-Hailing Services Are Out to Kill Public Transit
- Suburbanites Mad About Paying More to Park at Metro Stations (WaPo)
- Mayor Landrieu Doubts Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Help Rebuild New Orleans (AP)
- Fort Lauderdale Mayor: Wave Is Key Cog in Future Transit System (Sun Sentinel)
- Cleveland Transit Advocates Propose Uber and Lyft Tax to Fund Buses (Plain Dealer)
- Aspen, CO, Looks to Extend Free Transit and Bike-Share Programs (Aspen Times)
- Maryland Transit Will Equip More Baltimore Buses With GPS (Baltimore Sun)
- Tampa Bay Times: Closing Bayshore Is “Extreme,” But Tampa Needs Car-Free Zones
- Bike-Share Closer to Launching in St. Louis, Memphis, and Blacksburg, VA (St. Louis Public Radio, Commercial Appeal, Roanoke Times)
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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