Today’s Headlines
Uber CEO Leaves Trump’s Advisory Council Thanks to #DeleteUber (NYT) House Committee Lays Groundwork for Infrastructure Plan (NPR) Study: Tax Incentive-Based Transportation Plan Would Fund Urban Toll Roads (Hill) GOP Senator Fischer Floats Transpo Funding Bill (The Hill) U.S. News & World Report Gives Some Bio Details on Elaine Chao Galveston Loses Federal Transit Funds After Hurricane Ike … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on February 3, 2017
- Uber CEO Leaves Trump’s Advisory Council Thanks to #DeleteUber (NYT)
- House Committee Lays Groundwork for Infrastructure Plan (NPR)
- Study: Tax Incentive-Based Transportation Plan Would Fund Urban Toll Roads (Hill)
- GOP Senator Fischer Floats Transpo Funding Bill (The Hill)
- U.S. News & World Report Gives Some Bio Details on Elaine Chao
- Galveston Loses Federal Transit Funds After Hurricane Ike Population Drop (McClatchy)
- Super Bowl Helps Mend Uber’s Relationship With Houston (AP)
- Denver Plans to Open New Commuter Rail Line This Year (Denver Biz Journal)
- Architect’s Newspaper: U.S. Suburbs “Next Fertile Ground for Experimentation”
- What If Bike Maps Looked More Like Subway Maps? (CityLab)
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