Today’s Headlines
No, Really—Trump Will Unveil Infrastructure Plan Details Monday (CNBC) Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to Use Tolls to Match Trump Grants (Journal Sentinel) VA Legislators Propose Uber/Lyft Surcharge to Fund D.C. Metro (Richmond Times-Dispatch) High-Speed Train Developers Say Houston Mall Is Perfect for Station (Texas Tribune) Tampa Officials Question Plan to Have BRT Run on Highway Shoulders … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:04 AM EST on February 8, 2018
- No, Really—Trump Will Unveil Infrastructure Plan Details Monday (CNBC)
- Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to Use Tolls to Match Trump Grants (Journal Sentinel)
- VA Legislators Propose Uber/Lyft Surcharge to Fund D.C. Metro (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
- High-Speed Train Developers Say Houston Mall Is Perfect for Station (Texas Tribune)
- Tampa Officials Question Plan to Have BRT Run on Highway Shoulders (TBO)
- With Others Out, Two Detroit Counties Might Go It Alone on Transit (Michigan Bridge)
- Blue Line Extension Is a Priority for Northwest Minnesota Lawmakers (Sun Post)
- Nashville Council Officially Sets May 1 as Transit Referendum Date (Tennessean)
- Alabama Bill Would Provide State Funding for Transit for the First Time (AL.com)
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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