Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on May 8, 2017

Gas Tax Hikes to Fund Roads: Moving Forward in South Carolina (The State), Dead in New Mexico (KRWG)
Reason Falls Into "Libertarian" Trap of Assuming That Funding Transit (But Not Highways?) Is Wasteful
Debating Which Cities Are Worthy of Transit Funds Ignores America's Auto-Dominated Reality (Frontier Group)
Detroit Free Press Heralds This Week's Streetcar Launch, Lays Out Vision for Transit
Kansas City Streetcar, Smashing Ridership Projections, Celebrates First Birthday (Star 1, 2)
Salon and The Verge Pick Apart the Transportation Hellscape Envisioned by Uber and Elon Musk
Analyst of "Disruptive Technologies" Bets That High-Tech Bicycles Will Win Out Over Cars (CNN)
Shoup: "Autonomous Cars Will Be Most Valuable Where Parking Is Expensive" (Market Urbanism)
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Wants City to Slow Down Its Move to Ditch Parking Requirements
Police in Ohio Town Use Facebook to Shame Drivers Behaving Badly (Dayton Daily News)

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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