Today’s Headlines
Trump Preps for Infrastructure Talk, But Congress Is in No Rush (The Hill) In Texas, A Flurry of Bills Threaten High-Speed Rail (Dallas News) Lyft Expands to New Cities … As Uber Does Damage Control (CNN Money) Why Trump’s Attack on California Rail is Concerning (Wired) D.C. Coalition Pushes For Building More Housing By Transit (GGW) America … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on February 24, 2017
- Trump Preps for Infrastructure Talk, But Congress Is in No Rush (The Hill)
- In Texas, A Flurry of Bills Threaten High-Speed Rail (Dallas News)
- Lyft Expands to New Cities … As Uber Does Damage Control (CNN Money)
- Why Trump’s Attack on California Rail is Concerning (Wired)
- D.C. Coalition Pushes For Building More Housing By Transit (GGW)
- America Walks Creates New Transit-Walkability Collaborative
- Debunking the Idea That Suburban Sprawl Pollutes Less Than Cities (Planetizen)
- Strong Towns on Shreveport’s Misguided Plan to Build a Highway Through the City
- Why Businesses Shouldn’t Worry About Losing On-Street Parking (Fast Coexist)
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