Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Ryan: Easier to Pass Infrastructure Package If It’s Broken Up Into 5 or 6 Bills (Bloomberg) Virginia Passes Historic $154M D.C. Metro Funding Plan (Post, WTOC) New MARTA CEO Takes Over While Atlanta Transit’s at Crossroads (AJC) Baltimore Subway Reopens Today After Month-Long “Emergency” Repairs (Sun) More Coverage of Police Beating of Black Pedestrian in … Continued

By Blake Aued

8:59 AM EDT on March 12, 2018

Ryan: Easier to Pass Infrastructure Package If It’s Broken Up Into 5 or 6 Bills (Bloomberg)
Virginia Passes Historic $154M D.C. Metro Funding Plan (Post, WTOC)
New MARTA CEO Takes Over While Atlanta Transit’s at Crossroads (AJC)
Baltimore Subway Reopens Today After Month-Long “Emergency” Repairs (Sun)
More Coverage of Police Beating of Black Pedestrian in Asheville (The Root, ABC News, News & Observer)
Latest Report Declares Omaha Streetcar “Feasible” (World-Herald)
Downtown Charleston Workers Oppose Parking Rate Hike (City Paper)
Seattle Times Reporter Dodges Traffic in New Bike Lane
Ann Arbor Looks for New Bike-Share Operator (MLive)
Boston Truckers Concern Troll Cyclists (Herald)

Blake Aued

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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