Jeff Mcmurray, The Associated Press

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Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders

Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders

A stylist was just starting her shift at a salon in Kansas City, Missouri, when a car smashed through the storefront window and landed in the waiting area a few feet away.

Trump administration reverses long-held guidance on 'road diets' for traffic safety

Trump administration reverses long-held guidance on 'road diets' for traffic safety

A stylist was just starting her shift at a salon in Kansas City, Missouri, when a car smashed through the storefront window and landed in the waiting area a few feet away.

Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

CHICAGO (AP) -- Adella Bass dropped her in-person college classes because it was just too hard to get there from the far South Side of Chicago, where the city's famous elevated train doesn't run. And it can take her nearly two hours to get to the hospital where she is treated for a heart condition.

Want to speed up a road or transit project? Just host a political convention

Want to speed up a road or transit project? Just host a political convention

CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago officials had planned to open a new elevated train station near the United Center more than four years ago, but numerous delays left some neighbors wondering if it ever would happen.