Today’s Headlines
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 … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on September 8, 2017
- 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 Sales Tax (Bee)
- DC’s LEED Platinum Status Ignores Region’s Massive Highway Expansion Projects (City Observatory)
- With Construction Underway, Ben Ross Reflects On Three Decades Fighting for Purple Line (GGW)
- Philly Judge Says Neighborhood Group Can’t Sue to Get City to Enforce Parking Rules (PlanPhilly)
- Troy, Ohio, Decides to Replace Bike Lanes With Parking (Dayton Daily News)
- Asian-American Newscaster Responds After Racist, Dangerous Driver Almost Runs Her Over (HuffPo)
- Ford Motor Company Goes All-In With Pedestrian-Blaming “Petextrian” Video Campaign (Planetizen)
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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