Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

A Section of I-85 in Atlanta Collapsed in a Fire (CNN) Driver Distractions Are on the Rise, and So Are Pedestrian Deaths (Reuters) Dems Think They Can Take Advantage of Trump on Infrastructure (HuffPo) What HUD Boss Ben Carson Should Listen to on His Tour (Next City) Lyft Tests Shuttle Program in Chicago, San Francisco (Tech Crunch) MD’s … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:59 AM EDT on March 31, 2017

A Section of I-85 in Atlanta Collapsed in a Fire (CNN)
Driver Distractions Are on the Rise, and So Are Pedestrian Deaths (Reuters)
Dems Think They Can Take Advantage of Trump on Infrastructure (HuffPo)
What HUD Boss Ben Carson Should Listen to on His Tour (Next City)
Lyft Tests Shuttle Program in Chicago, San Francisco (Tech Crunch)
MD’s Purple Line Remains on Schedule, Despite Uncertainties (WaPo)
Richard Florida: America’s “Big, Booming” Cities Actually Aren’t Big Enough (CityLab)
Amtrak VP Plays Down Potential Trump Cuts (Railway Gazette)
Miami Considers Going for ‘Vision Zero’ (Miami New Times)
Experts See Need for Walkable Urbanism in Senior Communities (HuffPo)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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