Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on April 11, 2017

Today: Trump and CEOs Talk Infrastructure; Chao Meets Elon Musk and Pruitt Meets GM CEO (Hill)
Tax Overhaul Could Lead to Infrastructure Money, If Trump Can Navigate Congress (Politico)
Building Trades Nervous That Trump Might Strip Federal Prevailing Wage Requirements (McClatchy)
Philly and Denver Launch Crowdsourced Maps to Identify Dangerous Street Locations (Next City)
Edmonton Begins Installing Grid of Protected Bike Lanes Across Downtown (CBC)
City-Backed Downtown Orlando Redevelopment Has a "Car-Last" Mobility Strategy (Sentinel)
Nebraska's Capital City Could Get 100-Bike, 17-Station Bike-Share This Fall (Lincoln Journal Star)
China's Bike-Share Boom Could Be Helped or Hurt by State Regulation (NYT)
Streets.mn Looks at the Long History of Efforts to Bring Rail to the Twin Cities
Citing Speeding Deaths, Chao Changes DOT Blog Name From "Fast Lane" to "Connections"

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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