Today’s Headlines
Trump Actually Plans to Cut $40 Billion From Infrastructure Spending (The Nation) Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Leaves Small Cities Behind (Wired) Budget Eliminates Funding for Seattle, Spokane Transit Projects (Olympian) Leaked Plans Show 12-Mile Austin Light Rail System (KUT/Austin Monitor) Georgia Bill Would Create and Fund Regional Atlanta Transit System (AJC, WABE) Next Step Could Be Transit … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:17 AM EST on February 15, 2018
- Trump Actually Plans to Cut $40 Billion From Infrastructure Spending (The Nation)
- Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Leaves Small Cities Behind (Wired)
- Budget Eliminates Funding for Seattle, Spokane Transit Projects (Olympian)
- Leaked Plans Show 12-Mile Austin Light Rail System (KUT/Austin Monitor)
- Georgia Bill Would Create and Fund Regional Atlanta Transit System (AJC, WABE)
- Next Step Could Be Transit Vote in Suburban Gwinnett (AJC)
- Cincinnati Streetcar Stations Will Undergo Rolling Closures for Repairs (Fox 19)
- Transit Fight Tests Relationships in Metro Detroit (News)
- Former Uber/Lyft Exec Starts Dockless Electric Scooter Company (Tech Crunch)
- Get Rid of Sidewalks, and Let Pedestrians Reclaim the Streets (Curbed)
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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