Today’s Headlines
Nancy Pelosi Will Oppose Trump Infrastructure Plan If It’s “a Gift of Tax Breaks” (WaPo) A Clear View of the “Economic Nostalgia” Underpinning Trump/Bannon Infrastructure Talk (Frontier) Bernie Sanders Calls Trump’s Infrastructure Plan “Corporate Welfare” (Twitter) Trump Moderated Views on Climate Change in NYT Interview, But What Will He Say Today? Who Will Be Trump’s Transportation Secretary? (CityLab) Portland Waives Parking Requirements … Continued
8:59 AM EST on November 23, 2016
- Nancy Pelosi Will Oppose Trump Infrastructure Plan If It’s “a Gift of Tax Breaks” (WaPo)
- A Clear View of the “Economic Nostalgia” Underpinning Trump/Bannon Infrastructure Talk (Frontier)
- Bernie Sanders Calls Trump’s Infrastructure Plan “Corporate Welfare” (Twitter)
- Trump Moderated Views on Climate Change in NYT Interview, But What Will He Say Today?
- Who Will Be Trump’s Transportation Secretary? (CityLab)
- Portland Waives Parking Requirements for Buildings With Affordable Housing (Portland Parking)
- Ottawa Opted For Less-Safe Bike Lanes, Faster Traffic. Now People Are Getting Hurt (CBC)
- Pass a Cyclist Too Closely in this London Suburb and Your Car Might Get Crushed (Road.cc)
- How Roanoke Went From 15 Residents Downtown to a Bustling Center (Politico)
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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