Today’s Headlines
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Denies Basic Climate Science (WaPo) The Thinking Person’s Infrastructure Model: Focus on Walkability (Washington Monthly) Privately Funded Texas Rail Gets Boost From White House (McClatchy) Engineers Again Give U.S. Infrastructure Near-Flunking Grade (Reuters) How Would Pittsburgh Benefit From BRT? (Post-Gazette) With Uber, Lyft Out in Austin, Ride-Share Will Take New Forms (MIT Tech Review) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on March 10, 2017
- EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Denies Basic Climate Science (WaPo)
- The Thinking Person’s Infrastructure Model: Focus on Walkability (Washington Monthly)
- Privately Funded Texas Rail Gets Boost From White House (McClatchy)
- Engineers Again Give U.S. Infrastructure Near-Flunking Grade (Reuters)
- How Would Pittsburgh Benefit From BRT? (Post-Gazette)
- With Uber, Lyft Out in Austin, Ride-Share Will Take New Forms (MIT Tech Review)
- Detroit Streetcar System to Launch in May (Free Press)
- Japanese Bullet Train Maker Looks for Opportunity in U.S. (Bloomberg)
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