Tuesday’s Headlines Are Duffy-nitely Worth Reading

Dad jokes aside, the transportation secretary pulled a political stunt by riding the New York City subway with embattled Mayor Eric Adams.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EDT on April 8, 2025

Photo: Still from Senate EPW Hearing

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy once again attacked congestion pricing and threatened to sic DOGE on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority during a visit to New York City. (New York Times, Streetsblog NYC)
The Trump administration's DOT will not look favorably on grant applications for road safety projects that reduce the number of vehicle lanes. (Streetsblog USA)
Mass Transit has suggestions for the next surface transportation authorization bill, like cutting red tape for transit projects and providing funding for training to address hiring problems at transit agencies.
The driver who killed professional cyclist Magnus White while he was riding his bike on a Colorado roadside was convicted of reckless vehicular homicide, but could get off with just probation. (Velo)
Seven pedestrians were hospitalized in Washington, D.C. when a car plowed onto a sidewalk. The driver has been charged with DUI and reckless driving. (Fox 5)
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb approved a plan to build 50 miles of protected bike lanes in the next three years. (Plain Dealer)
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed cutting $4 million from a program that offers city employees free transit passes. (WHYY)
The Kansas City Transportation Authority will reinstate fares and cut service under a funding deal the city council reached that will avert even more drastic cuts. (KCUR)
Iowa City may extend a fare-free pilot project that led to record bus ridership. (Daily Iowan)
Oregon's $1.9 billion transportation funding plan will raise the gas tax, taxes on bikes, registration fees and sales taxes on cars and payroll taxes on workers, as well as enact a road-usage charge for electric vehicles. (Capital Insider)
Pandemic-era service cuts and maintenance-related light rail slowdowns are keeping commuters away from Denver's transit system. (Westword)
Houston cyclists held a funeral for the Austin Street bike lane, recently killed by Mayor John Whitmire. (KHOU)
People really believed a tool website's April Fool's prank about Home Depot charging for parking. (Fast Company)