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8:55 AM EDT on May 10, 2017

    • LA Times Backs State Bill to Follow NYC's Lead and Reform Outdated Pedestrian Signal Laws
    • Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: "Parking Adds Significantly to the Cost of Affordable Housing" (BikePortland)
    • Parking Undermines "Transit-Oriented" Development Along Light Rail Line (Charlotte Observer)
    • At-Large Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens Proposes Creating an Atlanta DOT (Saporta Report)
    • Boston Globe Checks In on Chris Osgood During His Second Year as Boston's First Chief of Streets
    • Traffic Deaths in Kansas City Skyrocketing, More Families Mourn (Fox 4)
    • If North Carolina Wants to Tackle Air Pollution, It Has to Stop Expanding Highways (News & Observer)
    • OC Register Can't Wrap Its Head Around Why Rail Transit Is a Good Idea
    • WMATA Isn't Losing Riders as Quickly as It Had Been, and That Counts as Good News (WaPo)
    • Las Vegas Bike-Share Celebrates 10,000 Rides (Sun)
Stephen Miller
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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