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With Cars Destroyed and Few Other Transportation Options, Houston Struggles to Bounce Back (AP) The Road Gang Hopes “Dealmaker” Trump Will Advance Highway Infrastructure Bill (Detroit News) Today: DOT Changes Course on Obama-Era Robot Car Rules, Clears Way for Auto Companies (Bloomberg) Meanwhile, in Paris: Deputy Mayor for Urbanism Wants to Ban “Zombie” Autonomous Cars […]

WMATA: Death Spiral Will Continue If Larry Hogan Continues to Stonewall New Repair Funds (WAMU) Pennsylvania Transit Agencies Up In Arms After State GOP Plans Funding Cuts (Post-Gazette, PlanPhilly) Whoever Replaces Keith Parker as MARTA Boss Will Have a Full Plate (AJC 1, 2) FHWA’s New Boss Is Former Iowa DOT Chief and AASHTO President […]

Unions Kept Trucks Out of House Autonomous Vehicles Bill But May Not Be So Lucky in Senate (Eno) Trump Meets NY, NJ Governors and Senators to Discuss Gateway Tunnel (NYT, Daily News) Rep. Bill Shuster Continues Push to Widen I-81 in Rural Pennsylvania (Public Opinion) Sacramento MPO and Transit Operator Consider Another Push for Transportation […]

House Unanimously Passes Bill to Clear Path for Self-Driving Car Companies (NYT, Verge) Ignore the Hype: Our Robot Car Future Is Not Ready For Prime Time (Recode) “Build It And They Will Bike” Applies Everywhere, Not Just In the Netherlands (NYT) Curbed Looks at How We Could Design Better Streets in Five American Cities Portland […]

Purple Line Opponents File Last-Ditch Appeal With Their Favorite Judge (Bethesda Magazine) Wisconsin’s GOP Legislature Nears Agreement to Kick Transportation Funding Can Down Road (WPR) Some Universities Realize Parking Garages Will Not Solve Their Mobility Challenges (NYT) Charlottesville Applies Lessons of Donald Shoup to New Parking Reforms (Charlottesville Tomorrow) Citing Rampant Fraud, Hartford Stops Giving […]

Behind Closed Doors, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Stonewalls Metro Funding (WaPo) Transit Can Help Houston Recover After Harvey Destroyed Up to a Million Cars (CityLab, Wired, WaPo) Honolulu Rail Construction Rescue Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature (Civil Beat, KHON, KITV) There Are Lots Of Ways to Fund Metrorail Expansion, If Miami’s Mayor Supported Them (Herald) Less […]