Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

U.S. DOT Creates New Committee to Focus on Automating Vehicles (LA Times, TechCrunch) Transit-Hating Koch Brothers Have Close Ties to New White House (Salon) Ben Carson Would Be Another Insult for HUD (Slate) More on Elaine Chao’s Confirmation Hearing (Politico) Former Indy Mayor Eyes Possible Role on Trump’s Transpo Team (Indy Star) New Brookings Report on Forging New Narratives … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:55 AM EST on January 12, 2017

U.S. DOT Creates New Committee to Focus on Automating Vehicles (LA Times, TechCrunch)
Transit-Hating Koch Brothers Have Close Ties to New White House (Salon)
Ben Carson Would Be Another Insult for HUD (Slate)
More on Elaine Chao’s Confirmation Hearing (Politico)
Former Indy Mayor Eyes Possible Role on Trump’s Transpo Team (Indy Star)
New Brookings Report on Forging New Narratives for Urban Accessibility
Vegas Unveils Driverless Transit Shuttle (CBS)
Flint Gets $13M from Feds for New Buses (Free Press)
Florida Lawmakers Poised to Loosen Grip on Uber, Lyft (Orlando Sentinel)
Cycling Blooms in the Big Easy (Thrillist)
Nashville Improves Walkability Rank, But Problems Remain (Tennessean)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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