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Wednesday’s Headlines Continue Resolving

There isn't much for transit in the continuing resolution Congress passed last week to fund the government for six months.

Alex Berger
  • Transit funding is flat in the Republican-authored continuing resolution keeping the federal government open through September, and it includes funding for just a tenth of requested capital projects, according to an American Public Transit Association fact sheet.
  • As they search for ways to pay for tax cuts, House Republicans are eyeing a federal tax exemption on municipal bond interest, which would make local and state infrastructure projects more expensive. (Tax Policy, Moving Day)
  • Chinese automaker BYD developed a charger that can fill up an electric vehicle in five minutes. (Electrek)
  • A new Urban Institute tool lets you see where federal funding for transportation, housing, climate change and more is going.
  • Pittsburgh Regional Transit will propose cuts of at least 18 percent unless Pennsylvania lawmakers come through with a plan to address the agency's $100 million deficit. (Public Source)
  • Drastic cuts for Kansas City's already bare-bones bus system will lead to stranded riders and longer waits. (KCUR)
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit's member cities are headed to mediation as some suburbs seek to cut their contributions to the system. (KERA)
  • Denver's first permanent automated speed cameras are coming to deadly Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue. (Denverite)
  • A Hawaii bill would allow jaywalking if there are no vehicles nearby. (Honolulu Civil Beat)
  • Milwaukee plans to build 60 traffic-calming projects this year. (Urban Milwaukee)
  • Oklahoma City approved a new phase of bike lane construction involving 7 miles of east-west connections. (Free Press)
  • Downtown Mesa has plenty of parking people just don't know where it is, according to a consultant's report that also recommends removing car lanes and adding bike lanes to address a perception that the area is not safe. (Mesa Tribune)
  • The U.S. DOT is adding bike lanes and wider sidewalks to a Provo bridge. (KUTV)
  • A new U.K. development is built around people and bikes rather than cars. (CityLab)
  • The Norwegian city of Bergen had to built an emergency tunnel for an underground rail line anyway, so why not give it a glow-up and open it to bikes and pedestrians? (Jalopnik)

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