Transportation News from Road Guy Rob

Congress kicks the can on the next 5-year highway bill while transit takes an 80% cut. Boston discovers its million-dollar turnstiles aren’t waterproof. Nashville renames its airport for Dolly Parton. And a Colorado airport hires G.O.A.T. employees (who are literal goats).

Boulder votes to keep its airport instead of building housing on it. The Gordie Howe Bridge finally opens to bikes and pedestrians. LAX's people mover is 99.6% done and still can't carry a single passenger. TSA's private screening experiment quietly falls apart. And Congress is 30 days from letting the highway trust fund freeze entirely.

The Gordie Howe Bridge finally opens, but Americans were kicked out of the party. The White House sends Congress a wish list: kill the transit account and tear out some bike lanes. And Indiana adds up the damage from its gas tax holiday.

A finished, ribbon-ready bridge between Detroit and Windsor is staying closed indefinitely, and Canada wants to know why. Sidewalk-mapping robots in Hollister get attacked (one doused in beer). And Washington state blows up a beloved roadside boulder. But you might be able to get one of the pieces.Plus the World Cup's stress test on transit nationwide, jet fuel prices up 80% since the Iran war, and South Carolina OKs new 60-year private toll lane deals.

California floats a 140mph bus down I-5 (not a joke). Spirit's repossessed planes get flown to the Arizona desert. And states scramble to pause gas taxes after the prices jump carries into a third month. Plus the Penn Station deal, the Key Bridge settlement, and the FAA's Reagan National admission.