Today’s Headlines
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Lacks Any Real Funding (CBS, WaPo) It Also Lacks Votes (NYT) Baltimore Metro to Unexpectedly Close for a Month for Emergency Repairs (Sun) Engineers Push Back Against Criticism of Tampa-St. Pete BRT Plan (TB Times) Negotiations Stall Over Minneapolis’s Use of Freight Line for Passenger Rail (KSTP) Grand Rapids Wins Federal Funding … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:08 AM EST on February 13, 2018
- Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Lacks Any Real Funding (CBS, WaPo)
- It Also Lacks Votes (NYT)
- Baltimore Metro to Unexpectedly Close for a Month for Emergency Repairs (Sun)
- Engineers Push Back Against Criticism of Tampa-St. Pete BRT Plan (TB Times)
- Negotiations Stall Over Minneapolis’s Use of Freight Line for Passenger Rail (KSTP)
- Grand Rapids Wins Federal Funding for BRT Line to Grand Valley State (MLive)
- Albuquerque Mayor Ignored Warning Signs About BRT Problems (ABQ Journal)
- Deseret News Delves Into What It Takes to Maintain Utah Transit
- Eight of Louisiana’s Busiest Bridges Are Structurally Deficient (Shreveport Times)
- Uber’s Flying Cars Are Really Just Fancy Helicopters (Tech Crunch)
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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