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8:55 AM EDT on May 17, 2017

    • Curbed Looks at How Real Estate Is Thinking About the Prospect of Driverless Cars (It's All About Parking)
    • After Regional Transit Board Breakup, Hennepin County, MN, Considers Sales Tax for Southwest LRT (SW Journal)
    • A Tale of Two Ontario Cities: Uber Takes Over Innisfil (NYT) as London Plans Massive BRT System (CBC)
    • Charlotte Residents, Fed Up With Speeding Drivers, Install Their Own Signs and Plead for Enforcement (WSOC)
    • Construction Crew Perplexed by Northeast DC Residents Who Don't Want Sidewalks (WJLA)
    • Unlike Providence, Omaha Removes Plungers Installed to Protect Cyclists in Dangerous Bike Lane (World-Herald)
    • Pop-Up Bike Lane Installed for Students Bicycling to School in Newark, Delaware (The Review)
    • Philly's Bike-Share System Marks Second Birthday by Adding 200 Bikes and 12 Stations (PlanPhilly)
    • Phoenix Seeks Non-Profit Grant to Expand Bike-Share Into One of City's Poorest Neighborhoods (New Times)
    • Better Bike Share Partnership Highlights Positive Feedback Loop Between Bike-Share Equity and Traffic Safety
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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