Today’s Headlines
Is Trump Finally Going to Release an Infrastructure Plan? (HuffPost) Trump’s Pick to Head FHWA Withdraws (Cedar Rapids Gazette) Auto-Centric Cities Are Bad for Kids’ Health and Development (Curbed) Colorado Tests Per-Mile Charge in Lieu of Gas Tax (Denver Post) Baltimore Finds Charging for Circulator Would Actually Lose Money (Brew) Bridge Closure Pushes Sacramento Cyclists … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:06 AM EST on December 13, 2017
- Is Trump Finally Going to Release an Infrastructure Plan? (HuffPost)
- Trump’s Pick to Head FHWA Withdraws (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
- Auto-Centric Cities Are Bad for Kids’ Health and Development (Curbed)
- Colorado Tests Per-Mile Charge in Lieu of Gas Tax (Denver Post)
- Baltimore Finds Charging for Circulator Would Actually Lose Money (Brew)
- Bridge Closure Pushes Sacramento Cyclists to Ride on Freeway (Bee)
- Dallas Transit Isn’t Accessible for the People Who Need It Most (KERA)
- SORTA Sticks With Cincinnati Streetcar (WCPO)
- 43 Percent of Microsoft Employees Don’t Drive to Work (Mobility Lab)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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