Today’s Headlines
Brookings Releases Solid Set of Infrastructure Policy Recommendations Smart Growth America Outlines Policy Priorities for the Next Administration Strong Towns Has Been Discussing What Federal Infrastructure Strategy Should Look Like Rails-to-Trails Releases Active Transportation Recommendations for the Next President It’s Time to Think About Retrofitting Parking Garages for Housing (Wired) Canada Launching Its Own Infrastructure … Continued
9:00 AM EDT on November 3, 2016
- Brookings Releases Solid Set of Infrastructure Policy Recommendations
- Smart Growth America Outlines Policy Priorities for the Next Administration
- Strong Towns Has Been Discussing What Federal Infrastructure Strategy Should Look Like
- Rails-to-Trails Releases Active Transportation Recommendations for the Next President
- It’s Time to Think About Retrofitting Parking Garages for Housing (Wired)
- Canada Launching Its Own Infrastructure Stimulus (Reuters)
- Newsy: Self-Driving Cars Might Make Pedestrians Uppity
- Should the Feds Take Over D.C. Metro? Greater Greater Washington Considers
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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