Monday’s Headlines Are Under Repair
The Biden administration's Reconnecting Communities program received $14 billion in requests for $1 billion total funding. A new bill would greatly expand it.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EST on December 15, 2025
- The REPAIR Act would provide $15 billion to continue a Biden administration program reconnecting cities divided by urban freeways. (Transportation for America)
- Red tape and decades of privatizing public infrastructure are why the U.S. can’t seem to build anything anymore. (New York Times)
- In an effort to cozy up to President Trump, Uber is ending incentives for its drivers to buy electric vehicles. (Clean Technica)
- Washington Post readers respond to the paper’s in-depth investigation on Vision Zero’s lack of success.
- In a now-familiar story, the Federal Transit Administration wants Milwaukee County to crack down on fare evasion and crime, or it’s threatening to withhold funding. (Journal Sentinel)
- L.A. police are running sting operations to catch drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians at unmarked crosswalks. (Los Angeles Magazine)
- Ridership on the Kansas City streetcar doubled after its Main Street extension recently opened. (Progressive Railroading)
- More than half of Baltimore crashes happen on just seven percent of roads. (Banner)
- Oregon Public Broadcasting‘s “Think Out Loud” and Alaska Public Media‘s “Line One” discuss traffic deaths in Portland and Anchorage.
- Tax hikes to fund Oregon transit have been suspended as Republicans seek a November referendum on the transportation funding package. (The Oregonian)
- Davis, California striped the first bike lanes in the U.S. in 1967 and has been a model for bike-friendly communities ever since. (Sacramento Bee)
- Fayetteville residents are in favor of a road diet and roundabouts on South School Avenue. (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
- An Ann Arbor nonprofit that clears snow off sidewalks needs help with equipment repairs. (WXYZ)
- SimCity would have been really boring if its creators had included a realistically large number of parking lots. (Planetizen)
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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