Tuesday’s Headlines Are Complete
More on the federal Complete Streets policy and transit funding. Plus, how much authority does the transportation secretary really have?
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EST on March 8, 2022
- A new Federal Highway Administration report outlines how it will implement Complete Streets regulations. (Transportation Today, Streetsblog USA)
- Historically, the transportation secretary has little authority to reject state highway projects as long as they comply with federal law. (Eno Center for Transportation)
- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Wilmington to award Delaware $186 million in infrastructure funds for transit (Delaware Online). Meanwhile, the D.C. Metro will receive an additional $120 million in pandemic relief (Washington Post) and Hampton Roads, Virginia, will receive $52 million (WTKR).
- A proposed Chicago ordinance would set a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers. (Tribune)
- Colorado is working to transition to electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which are responsible for 22 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. (Denver Post)
- The City of Atlanta is redoubling its Vision Zero efforts after six people died in two car crashes just hours apart. (11 Alive)
- Will South DeKalb in metro Atlanta ever get a long-promised rail line? (Decaturish)
- Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is removing concrete barriers that have been blocking buses from moving through Public Square. (Ideastream)
- Santa Ana, California, will spend $1.5 million to help downtown businesses impacted by streetcar construction. (Voice of OC)
- Florida police are looking for a man who punched a disabled veteran for parking in a handicapped space. (ABC 7)
- After seeing a driver kill a cyclist crossing the street, an Indianapolis bus driver is spending his own money to buy bike lights for passengers. (WTHR)
- East Dallas is working to save a historic streetcar stranded in an abandoned warehouse. (Dallas Morning News)
- Seattle-based Microsoft is funding 235 affordable housing units in the Bellevue transit district. (The Urbanist)
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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