Today’s Headlines
Welp, Another Trump “Infrastructure Week” Is in the Books (WaPo, Reuters) More Cities and States Are Taxing Ride-Hailing Services (NYT) Trump Infrastructure “Plan” Would End New Starts and TIGER Grants (Newsday) Minneapolis Mayor: Future of Streetcar Line in Doubt (Star Tribune) Lyft Will Sponsor Five Baltimore Bike-Share Stations (The Drive, WaPo) Almost All Sidewalks Along … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:06 AM EST on February 19, 2018
- Welp, Another Trump “Infrastructure Week” Is in the Books (WaPo, Reuters)
- More Cities and States Are Taxing Ride-Hailing Services (NYT)
- Trump Infrastructure “Plan” Would End New Starts and TIGER Grants (Newsday)
- Minneapolis Mayor: Future of Streetcar Line in Doubt (Star Tribune)
- Lyft Will Sponsor Five Baltimore Bike-Share Stations (The Drive, WaPo)
- Almost All Sidewalks Along Oregon Highways Violate ADA Standards (Oregonian)
- Transit in Atlanta No Longer a Racial Wedge Issue (AJC)
- Dallas News Supports City’s Effort to Regulate Dockless Bike-Shares
- Seattle Plans to Remove Bike Racks Used to Displace Homeless Camp (Next City)
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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