Today’s Headlines
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 … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on December 19, 2016
- 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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