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U.S. DOT Issues Memo Highlighting Accomplishments During the Obama Era Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Releases Plan to Pedestrianize Parts of the Center City (Guardian) NY/NJ Port Authority Fined $400 Million for Chris Christie’s 2010 Canceling of ARC Tunnel (NY Post) San Diego, Struggling to Shift Away From Driving, Falling Short of Climate Goals (KPBS) Study: America’s … Continued

By Angie Schmitt

8:59 AM EST on January 11, 2017

U.S. DOT Issues Memo Highlighting Accomplishments During the Obama Era
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Releases Plan to Pedestrianize Parts of the Center City (Guardian)
NY/NJ Port Authority Fined $400 Million for Chris Christie’s 2010 Canceling of ARC Tunnel (NY Post)
San Diego, Struggling to Shift Away From Driving, Falling Short of Climate Goals (KPBS)
Study: America’s “Net Tax” on Gas Has Fallen by Half Since 2003 (Carbon Brief)
Legislation Allowing Vote on $5.5 Billion MARTA Expansion Introduced in Georgia (Curbed)
Trying to Make Nice With Cities, Uber Releases Traffic Data (WaPo)
Vox: Why Uber Lost $2.2 Billion in Nine Months
AP: Call Uber and Lyft “Ride Hailing” Apps, Not “Ride Sharing”

Angie Schmitt

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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