Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on May 4, 2017

GOP-Controlled State Legislature Wants Veto Power Over Twin Cities Light Rail (Star Tribune, MinnPost)
How Segregation Turned Richmond's World-Class Transit Into a Sad Shell of Its Former Self (Richmond Mag)
Sacramento Police Still Don't Know Their Anti-Pedestrian Laws, Weeks After Brutal Arrest (Capital Public Radio)
Elon Musk Drops Automated Bus Idea: "I Don't Know If the Bus Thing Really Makes Sense" (Verge)
One Lesson to Take From Bridj's Demise: "Microtransit" Apps Should Partner with Transit Agencies (CityLab)
Maryland's Purple Line Boosters Sick of Waiting for Federal Judge to Rule on Environmental Approvals (WAMU)
Bike-Share Coming to Manchester, NH (Union Leader), New Haven (Independent), Charleston, SC (Post and Courier)
Someone Shot Another Person Over a Parking Spot at a Miami-Dade Park (Miami Herald, CBS 4)
The Urbanist Launches Its Fifth Annual Quest to Determine the Worst Intersection in Seattle
A Look Back at the Plan Robert Moses Devised for Portland in 1943 (Oregonian)

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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