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Surge in U.S. Traffic Deaths Outpaces Increase in Driving (AP) Trump’s Transportation Team Still Largely Unformed (Detroit News) Chao Tight-Lipped on Future Policies (American Prospect) Pelosi: Dems Won’t Support Tax Break Masked as Infrastructure Deal (The Hill) Feds Warn of Billions of Dollars in Overruns for California High-Speed Rail (LA Times) Foxx’s Last Trip as Transpo Chief: Celebrating His Hometown’s … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:58 AM EST on January 17, 2017

Surge in U.S. Traffic Deaths Outpaces Increase in Driving (AP)
Trump’s Transportation Team Still Largely Unformed (Detroit News)
Chao Tight-Lipped on Future Policies (American Prospect)
Pelosi: Dems Won’t Support Tax Break Masked as Infrastructure Deal (The Hill)
Feds Warn of Billions of Dollars in Overruns for California High-Speed Rail (LA Times)
Foxx’s Last Trip as Transpo Chief: Celebrating His Hometown’s Streetcar (Charlotte Observer)
Seattle Mayor Kills City-Run Bike-Share (Seattle Times)
Plans for Speedier Amtrak See Resistance in Small New England Towns (WSJ)
Women’s March Boosts Bus-Sharing Startup (NYT)
America’s First New Private Passenger Rail in a Century Coming to Florida (Slate)

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