Today’s Headlines
Trump’s Empty Rhetoric on Infrastructure Has Been Exposed (NYT) Transit Industry and Rail Advocates Blast Trump’s Budget (Progressive Railroading) In Chicago, Cycling Enforcement Discriminates Against Black People on Bikes (Chicago Trib) WaPo: Trump Demonizes Cities Because They’re a Threat to His Agenda Seattle Spends More on New Transit Than Any U.S. City (Seattle Times) How the White House Could Derail … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on March 20, 2017
- Trump’s Empty Rhetoric on Infrastructure Has Been Exposed (NYT)
- Transit Industry and Rail Advocates Blast Trump’s Budget (Progressive Railroading)
- In Chicago, Cycling Enforcement Discriminates Against Black People on Bikes (Chicago Trib)
- WaPo: Trump Demonizes Cities Because They’re a Threat to His Agenda
- Seattle Spends More on New Transit Than Any U.S. City (Seattle Times)
- How the White House Could Derail the Durham-Orange Light Rail (News Observer)
- Ridership Declines for Atlanta Streetcar (AJC)
- The Cities Where Self-Driving Cars Would Be Most Practical (Governing)
- A Look at the Mega-Commuters of the U.S. (Reading Eagle)
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