Today’s Headlines
GOP Leaders Aren’t Raring to Enact Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Politico) Madrid to Ban Cars From Its Central Street, Gran Via (CityLab) Foxx Wants Trump to Finish Regulatory Framework for Self-Driving Cars (The Hill) U Minnesota Ranks Cities for Job Accessibility by Transit Bus Ridership Declines Among American Immigrants (CityLab) Study Links Road Pollution to Dementia (Mother Jones) LA’s in a Transit Golden Age … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EST on January 6, 2017
- GOP Leaders Aren’t Raring to Enact Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Politico)
- Madrid to Ban Cars From Its Central Street, Gran Via (CityLab)
- Foxx Wants Trump to Finish Regulatory Framework for Self-Driving Cars (The Hill)
- U Minnesota Ranks Cities for Job Accessibility by Transit
- Bus Ridership Declines Among American Immigrants (CityLab)
- Study Links Road Pollution to Dementia (Mother Jones)
- LA’s in a Transit Golden Age … But Where Are the Riders? (LA Weekly)
- Charlotte Streetcar Project to Break Ground This Weekend (Observer)
- How Your Subway Compares to Others in the World (Fast Co.Design)
- Most Tennesseans Support Increased Funds for Biking, Walking, Transit (Times Free Press)
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