Today’s Headlines
Will Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Crash and Burn Too? (The Week) California Breaks With Trump By Upholding Emissions Standards (NYT) Republicans Use Twin Cities Light Rail Project as Culture War Prop (AP) Silicon Valley Asks Feds to Make Good on Promises for Caltrain (Mercury News) Wired Makes the Case for Parking Cash-Out How a Bill in Florida Could … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on March 27, 2017
- Will Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Crash and Burn Too? (The Week)
- California Breaks With Trump By Upholding Emissions Standards (NYT)
- Republicans Use Twin Cities Light Rail Project as Culture War Prop (AP)
- Silicon Valley Asks Feds to Make Good on Promises for Caltrain (Mercury News)
- Wired Makes the Case for Parking Cash-Out
- How a Bill in Florida Could Derail the Orlando-Miami Train (Miami Herald)
- Most Nashville Residents Support Higher Tax for Transit (Tennessean)
- “Last Mile” Disconnect Is a Problem for Jobs Access in Milwaukee (Journal Sentinel)
- New Orleans Plans to Double Cycling in Three Years (Curbed)
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