Today’s Headlines
Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Swindle Sounds Good to Chuck Schumer (Politico) Is Elaine Chao Hedging on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan? (CNN) Chao Lays Out Her Agenda for U.S. DOT; Wants to Weaken Environmental Protections (Politico) Uber Belatedly Complies With Law, Ends Self-Driving Car Pilot in San Francisco (NYT) Why Partially Automated Cars Are So Bad for Safety (The Hill) … Continued
8:59 AM EST on December 22, 2016
- Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Swindle Sounds Good to Chuck Schumer (Politico)
- Is Elaine Chao Hedging on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan? (CNN)
- Chao Lays Out Her Agenda for U.S. DOT; Wants to Weaken Environmental Protections (Politico)
- Uber Belatedly Complies With Law, Ends Self-Driving Car Pilot in San Francisco (NYT)
- Why Partially Automated Cars Are So Bad for Safety (The Hill)
- San Francisco Adds a Protected Intersection (Streetsblog SF)
- City Auditors Pan Kansas City’s Bike Plan: “Just Lines on a Map” (KC Star)
- Mayors Explain Their Infrastructure Priorities (Fewer Highways) to 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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