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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 Schmitt

Angie Schmitt is the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and the former editor of Streetsblog USA.

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