Today’s Headlines
Beware the Trump Infrastructure Plan (New Republic) The Guy in Charge of Transportation for Trump’s Transition Team Is an Industry Lobbyist (NYT) What the New White House Means for MD’s Purple Line (WaPo) Re-elected Miami Mayor Wants Bold Transit Expansion (Miami Herald) Meet the People Who Mobilized to Defeat Metro Detroit Transit Plan (Michigan CapCon) Chicago Races for Red Line Funds Before … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EST on November 11, 2016
- Beware the Trump Infrastructure Plan (New Republic)
- The Guy in Charge of Transportation for Trump’s Transition Team Is an Industry Lobbyist (NYT)
- What the New White House Means for MD’s Purple Line (WaPo)
- Re-elected Miami Mayor Wants Bold Transit Expansion (Miami Herald)
- Meet the People Who Mobilized to Defeat Metro Detroit Transit Plan (Michigan CapCon)
- Chicago Races for Red Line Funds Before Trump Takes Over (Chicago Trib)
- Divisions Emerge After San Diego Transit Tax Defeat (SD Union-Trib)
- Virginia Beach Light Rail Was a Loser in Elections (Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Breaking Down Bike Barriers in Eugene, OR (Eugene Weekly)
- Could Light Rail Come to Downtown Austin? (KXAN)
- Rail, Streetcar Off the Table for Syracuse (Syracuse.com)
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