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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 […]

If California Is Going to Get Serious About Climate, It Will Need to Discourage Car Use (Vox) Philly’s Local Politicians Should Not Get Veto Power Over Street Safety Fixes With Citywide Benefits (Metro) New Orleans Mayor, RTA Defend Streetcar Extension After Advocates Question If It Helps Workers (Advocate) With Trump’s Signature, WMATA Safety Oversight Now […]

Maryland Gov. Hogan: Feds to Sign $900 Million Purple Line Funding Agreement (WaPo, WJLA) What’s Next for Seattle’s Grand Experiment With City-Sanctioned, Venture-Financed Bike-Share? (Urbanist) Less Than a Year After Launch, Cobb County Considers Cutting Bus to Atlanta Braves Stadium (AJC) Florida DOT to Build 13-Mile “Road to Nowhere” Toll Highway Along Rural Gulf Coast […]

Shreveport, Louisiana, to Bulldoze Black Neighborhood for $640 Million Interstate Highway (Shreveport Times) Massive Planned Cuts Will Only Worsen Miami-Dade Transit’s Death Spiral, Warn Advocates (New Times) Plain Dealer Urges Ohio Senate to Override Kasich’s Veto of Fix for Transit Agencies Caught in Budget Crossfire To Discourage Racial Profiling, Oregon Has a New Law Tracking […]

White House Gives Up on Infrastructure Council (Bloomberg) Stamford, Connecticut, Considers Pedestrian-Shaming Measure Modeled After Honolulu (CBS New York) People of Dallas Hold a Second Line Funeral Parade for Dead Highway (Brandon Formby) Lack of Affordable Housing in SF Means 3-Hour Bus Commute for Some Workers (NYT) Washington Post Takes on the State Lawmakers That […]

Twin Cities Approve Deals With Freight Railroads Clearing the Way for Southwest Light Rail (Strib) Congestion Pricing Is Fairer for the Poor Than Free Roads (Michael Manville/Medium) Here’s What the Nashville Chamber Wants to See in the City’s Big Transit Plan (Tennessean) Chicago Metra Elevates Chief Mechanical Officer to CEO Post (Tribune) Trump White House […]