Today’s Headlines
- If You Didn't Already Notice, Trump's Infrastructure Plan Looks Less and Less Likely to Happen (AP)
- Chao Inveighs Against Regulation in Op-Ed With Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (World-Herald)
- Insurance Institute: Early Look at Data Shows Automated Systems Already on Road Prevent Crashes (AP)
- Dallas, Houston, Louisville and Rochester Have Lessons for Portland: Don't Widen Freeways (City Observatory)
- Instead of Reconnecting Cleveland to Its Lakefront, ODOT Mega-Project Hamstrung by LOS Fears (Plain Dealer)
- VC-Backed Bike-Share Companies Roll-Out Cash-Based and Low-Income Discount Plans (Seattle Bike Blog)
- Adding Bikes to the Road Improves Safety More Than Helmet Laws Ever Could (Seattle Weekly)
- Will WMATA's New Safety Commission Be Better Than the Failed Agency It's Replacing? (WAMU)
- Atlanta BeltLine CEO Steps Down After Disappointing Affordable Housing Results (AJC)
- Man Attempts Petition Effort to Convince Vancouver to Tear Out Burrard Bridge Bikeway (CBC)
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