Today’s Headlines
Spineless Congressional Democrats Want to Ally With Trump on Infrastructure (NYT) Trump Reportedly Considering Infrastructure Bank (WSJ) Why the Trump Infrastructure Plan Wouldn’t Actually Fix America’s Problems (Vox) Time: America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Action Senator Who Said Snowball Disproved Global Warming Out as Environment Committee Head (Grist) Larry Hogan Opens the Door to Sprawl, Undermines … Continued
8:59 AM EST on November 17, 2016
- Spineless Congressional Democrats Want to Ally With Trump on Infrastructure (NYT)
- Trump Reportedly Considering Infrastructure Bank (WSJ)
- Why the Trump Infrastructure Plan Wouldn’t Actually Fix America’s Problems (Vox)
- Time: America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Action
- Senator Who Said Snowball Disproved Global Warming Out as Environment Committee Head (Grist)
- Larry Hogan Opens the Door to Sprawl, Undermines Smart Growth in Maryland (MyEasternShoreMD)
- NHSTA Chief: Fully Self-Driving Cars “Decades Away” (The Hill)
- Do Current Planning Practices Alienate Some Voters? (Planetizen)
- Bike League Names 103 “Bike-Friendly Communities”
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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