Today’s Headlines
Economists Pan Trump’s Infrastructure Plan as “Ill-Conceived” “Giveaway” (NYT) Americans Don’t Want to Pay for New Roads and Bridges With Tolls (WaPo) Anthony Foxx Considers His Legacy as U.S. DOT Secretary (Governing) Investment Professionals Are Betting on Infrastructure in 2017 (Forbes) First Look at Richmond, Virginia’s Bus Network Redesign Plans (RVA Rapid Transit) 16 Miles of Highway in … Continued
9:00 AM EST on January 19, 2017
- Economists Pan Trump’s Infrastructure Plan as “Ill-Conceived” “Giveaway” (NYT)
- Americans Don’t Want to Pay for New Roads and Bridges With Tolls (WaPo)
- Anthony Foxx Considers His Legacy as U.S. DOT Secretary (Governing)
- Investment Professionals Are Betting on Infrastructure in 2017 (Forbes)
- First Look at Richmond, Virginia’s Bus Network Redesign Plans (RVA Rapid Transit)
- 16 Miles of Highway in Georgia Supposedly the “Most Sustainable” in the World (EnoTrans)
- Austin Retiming Traffic Signals to Benefit Pedestrians and Cyclists (Statesman)
- Twin Cities Might Abandon Regional Funding to Advance Transit Expansion (TC Business Journal)
- Tennessee May Open the Door for Nashville to Raise Taxes for Transit (WTVF)
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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