Today’s Headlines
New York Times’ Room for Debate Weighs in on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Trump Seems to Be Backing Off Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Initiative (AP) Culture Change at Detroit’s Planning Department — Focus on “20-Minute Neighborhoods” (Planetizen) After $1.6 Billion Widening, LA’s 405 Is Just as Congested; NYT Asks, “Was It Worth It?” SF Considers Legal Action Against Uber for Jumping the Gun … Continued
8:59 AM EST on December 21, 2016
- New York Times’ Room for Debate Weighs in on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
- Trump Seems to Be Backing Off Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Initiative (AP)
- Culture Change at Detroit’s Planning Department — Focus on “20-Minute Neighborhoods” (Planetizen)
- After $1.6 Billion Widening, LA’s 405 Is Just as Congested; NYT Asks, “Was It Worth It?”
- SF Considers Legal Action Against Uber for Jumping the Gun With Self-Driving Cars (SF Examiner)
- Uber Lost $800 Million in the 3rd Quarter of 2016 (Bloomberg)
- Vox: Elon Musk’s Idea to Use Tunnels to Bypass Traffic Would Never Work
- Helsinki to Offer Multi-Modal Mobility Service That Will Be Cheaper Than Driving (Fast Company)
- Seattle’s Westlake Avenue Bike Lane Wins “Best of the Year” From People for Bikes
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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