Today’s Headlines
Selling Station Naming Rights, Increasing Parking Fees on Table to Raise Funds for WMATA (WaPo, WAMU) Toronto City Council Supports Plan to Give Priority to Streetcar Lines on King Street (CityLab) New York Times Visits MCity, the Autonomous Vehicle Test Track in Ann Arbor Newest Perk to Sell Luxury Cars: Real-Time Parking Information (Engadget) Anti-Streetcar … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on July 11, 2017
- Selling Station Naming Rights, Increasing Parking Fees on Table to Raise Funds for WMATA (WaPo, WAMU)
- Toronto City Council Supports Plan to Give Priority to Streetcar Lines on King Street (CityLab)
- New York Times Visits MCity, the Autonomous Vehicle Test Track in Ann Arbor
- Newest Perk to Sell Luxury Cars: Real-Time Parking Information (Engadget)
- Anti-Streetcar Sentiment Fuels Recall Effort of Four-Term Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (WUWM)
- Washington Post Covers Virginia DOT’s Exhaust-Choked I-66 Bike Path Proposal
- MARTA’s Ridership Boom After Freeway Collapse Was Very Short-Lived (11 Alive via Next City)
- A Pop-Up Bike Lane Becomes Permanent in Macon, GA (Next City)
- Fargo’s Bike-Share Is So Popular It’s Affecting Bus Ridership (WDAY)
In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.
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