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8:55 AM EDT on May 15, 2017

    • Let's Speculate About What Trump Might Do With His Rumored Infrastructure Proposal (Curbed, CNBC, Hill)
    • One Month After Being Sworn in, Alabama's New Governor Widens I-65 in Suburban Birmingham (AL.com)
    • Bringing BRT to Route 29 in Montgomery County, MD: The Devil Will Be in the Details (WaPo)
    • Can the Twin Cities Business Community Turn Back GOP Legislature's Attempt to Gut Transit? (MinnPost)
    • Louisville, Reforming "Payment in Lieu of Parking" Program, Considers Nixing Parking Mandates (Daily Camera)
    • Taxpayers Will Pick Up $1 Million Tab for Cops to Direct Traffic at New Suburban Atlanta Braves Stadium (AJC)
    • KOMO Checks In on Seattle's Progress With Traffic Calming and Protected Bike Lanes
    • Charleston, SC, to Launch Bike-Share With 250 Bikes on May 30 (Live 5 News)
    • Bike-Share Start-Up Finds a Market in Fairbanks, Alaska (News-Miner)
    • California City Uses Hay Bales and Traffic Cones for Pop-Up Bike Lane (Paso Robles Daily News)
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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