Trump Admin Scraps Bike Lane Funding, Cities Scramble

0:00It's March 28th. This has been Kuver News today, driven by AI. The Trump administration is pulling the plug on federal cash for bike lanes and walking trails, hitting cities and states hard as they scramble for. Backups. They've already rescinded $2.4 billion from a Biden-era program aimed at fixing safety gaps in neighborhoods with at least $750 million of that tagged for trails and paths. This comes after decades of steady, mostly bipartisan support for these projects, which hit record highs under Biden with billions poured in through. Big spending bills. Now, more cuts loom as the admin targets what they see is leftover diversity and equity pushes from the last White House. Experts call it a knee-jerk move against left-leaning priorities while the Transportation Department insists they're just refocusing on roads and bridges to move people and good safely, ditching what they label, costly social experiments. Projects are stalling everywhere from Connecticut losing $5.7 million for nine miles of Greenway

1:03Trail to Albuquerque, suing over $11.5 million yanked for downtown Paz amid high pedestrian deaths. Even in red states like Florida and Georgia, groups are tapping local donors and state funds to keep planning alive on big trail networks. Bottom line, these cuts are a massive blow to long-term plans, forcing everyone to rethink budgets with no easy fixes in sight and the fight over. Future grants is just heating up.