Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on May 16, 2017

Chao: Trump's Infrastructure "Vision" Will Be Released in "Next Several Weeks" (Hill, AP)
Gas Tax Hikes: Highway Contractors Prepare for SC Windfall (Independent Mail), Want Same in Kansas (KMUW)
Oregon Legislature's Transportation Funding Plan Wrongly Assumes More People = More Cars (Willamette Week)
Meanwhile, Oregon's Bike Industry Fights Back Against Legislature's Bike Tax Proposal (BikePortland)
Learning Lessons from I-85 Collapse, Gwinnett County Could Permanently Re-Route Its Bus Network (Daily Post)
Light Rail Extension to Redmond Is Chance to Get Walkability Right (Seattle Bike Blog)
Streetcar Construction Underway in Milwaukee (Journal Sentinel)
What Is Costing Bike Riders Their Lives? OC Register Points Finger at Everything Except Deadly Road Design
David Levinson on Elon Musk: "Interesting, In a Techno-Hucksterish Sort Of Way" (Transportist)
Enjoy Photos From This Weekend's Open Streets and Better Block Event in Louisville (Broken Sidewalk)

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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