Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars

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Sep 26, 2025
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KFOR By Jeff McMurray, Associated Press Sept 26, 2025

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.”

The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico — informing them it was withdrawing money awarded under the $1.1 trillion infrastructure law former President Joe Biden signed in 2021. View the full article: KFOR.com

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