Thursday’s Headlines Come Together
A large coalition is urging Congress to protect funding for active transportation.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EST on February 12, 2026
- A coalition of more than 1,000 nonprofits, businesses and elected officials is urging Congress to protect funding for walking and biking projects as a new transportation funding reauthorization bill is being written. (Momentum)
- The Trump administration is expected today to pull back on a rule allowing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, meaning more pollution from tailpipes and smoke stacks. (Associated Press)
- A bipartisan House bill would send more money for transportation to metro areas, instead of state DOTs that spend it overwhelmingly on building highways. (Streetsblog USA)
- Delivery robots are taking over sidewalks. (NPR)
- California lawmakers are facing blowback for floating a mileage tax to replace declining gas tax revenue. (Politico)
- San Diego’s latest 25-year transportation plan eschews ambitious projects in favor of improvements to existing roads and transit lines. (KPBS)
- St. Paul is going to Kansas City, Kansas City here they come, calling for a study of a passenger rail line. (Mass Transit)
- Orlando businesses are expecting a boost from a linear park underneath I-4 called “The Canopy.” (News 6)
- Plano — one of the suburbs threatening to leave Dallas Area Rapid Transit — may have reached a deal to stay. (KERA)
- Arlington, Texas — the largest city in the U.S. without a transit system — is looking into creating a transit authority. (Fort Worth Report)
- A hit-and-run driver killed a pedestrian in Indianapolis, marking the third pedestrian death there this week. (WTHR)
- Copenhagen is buying a new fleet of more than 200 automated trains. (Travel and Tour World)
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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