Today’s Headlines
Work Going on Behind the Scenes on Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan (The Hill) Trump Team Wants to Use Arbitration to Speed Infrastructure Projects (Reuters) If the EPA Eases Emission Standards, California’s Prepared for a Fight (SF Chronicle) Seattle Will Replace Elevated Highway With Highway Tunnel + 8-Lane Surface Speedway (Seattle Times) Detroit’s M1 Rail to … Continued
8:59 AM EDT on March 15, 2017
- Work Going on Behind the Scenes on Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan (The Hill)
- Trump Team Wants to Use Arbitration to Speed Infrastructure Projects (Reuters)
- If the EPA Eases Emission Standards, California’s Prepared for a Fight (SF Chronicle)
- Seattle Will Replace Elevated Highway With Highway Tunnel + 8-Lane Surface Speedway (Seattle Times)
- Detroit’s M1 Rail to Launch in May — Here Are the Details (NextCity)
- Replacing Interchanges With Roundabouts Will Open Up 34 Acres in Newport, RI (Providence Journal)
- Montana Senate Blocks Three-Foot Passing Bill (Montana Public Radio)
- How a California Startup Makes Money Tearing Out Roads — in 2025 (The Nearly Now)
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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