- Feds Lay Out Vision for Northeast Rail (AP)
- Trump's Infrastructure Scheme May Run Into Resistance From Mitch McConnell (WaPo, American Prospect)
- Harvard Infrastructure Expert Offers Thoughts on Trump's Plan (Harvard Biz Review)
- Flouting California Rules, Uber Continues Testing Self-Driving Cars (NYT)
- 2017 Holds Uncertainty for Maryland's Purple Line (WTOP)
- Outside NYC, a More Urban Suburbia (NYT)
- Northeast Rail Plans Include Amtrak Stop at Philadelphia Airport (Inquirer)
- Why an Easy Transit-Funding Solution Isn't in the Cards for Nashville (Nashville Biz Journal)
- Tucson Tentatively Explores Creating Transit Authority (Arizona Daily Star)
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