Today’s Headlines
Why Cities Have to Take the Lead in Trump’s America (NextCity) Jared Bernstein: Trump Is Doing Infrastructure Wrong (Politico) The Hill Wants to See Bipartisan Work on Infrastructure Numbers Suggest Trump Can’t Wipe Out Climate Change Progress (WaPo) Utah House Speaker in Talks for DOT Post (KSL) Feds Finally Release Safety Rules for High-Speed Rail (Wired) Civil Rights Suit Filed … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EST on November 22, 2016
- Why Cities Have to Take the Lead in Trump’s America (NextCity)
- Jared Bernstein: Trump Is Doing Infrastructure Wrong (Politico)
- The Hill Wants to See Bipartisan Work on Infrastructure
- Numbers Suggest Trump Can’t Wipe Out Climate Change Progress (WaPo)
- Utah House Speaker in Talks for DOT Post (KSL)
- Feds Finally Release Safety Rules for High-Speed Rail (Wired)
- Civil Rights Suit Filed Against Denver’s I-70 Expansion (9News)
- Support Lines Up for Restoring Gulf Coast Amtrak Line (Pensacola News Journal)
- Should Congress Impose Changes on DC Metro? (GGW)
- Atlanta-Chattanooga High-Speed Rail Depends on DC (Times Free Press)
- Study: Cycling Contributes Significantly to Colorado’s Economy (Summit Daily)
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