Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Trump eyes billions in cuts as ridership sags on the nation's — and Maryland's — train and bus routes.

Ridership has plummeted. Competition is mounting. President Donald Trump is calling for cuts. In short, it’s a bad time for public transit in America. To be clear, the nation’s rails, subways and buses are in the White House’s crosshairs. As of this month, the Trump administration, citing other spending priorities, is withholding $1.4 billion in funding for transit projects already in the works and threatening to end a federal program that matches local funding for transit expansions. If successful,…



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