Today’s Headlines
Congress Not Excited About White House Idea to Toll Existing Interstates (Hill) Trump’s Plan to Privatize Infrastructure Has Wall Street Eyeing Highways and Airports (Bloomberg) European Firms Race to Develop Self-Driving Transit Vehicles (NYT) Philly Has a Vision Zero Goal — Now What Will It Take to Eliminate Traffic Deaths? (Philly.com) Georgia House Commission Could Look at Integrating Atlanta’s Fragmented Transit … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on May 30, 2017
- Congress Not Excited About White House Idea to Toll Existing Interstates (Hill)
- Trump’s Plan to Privatize Infrastructure Has Wall Street Eyeing Highways and Airports (Bloomberg)
- European Firms Race to Develop Self-Driving Transit Vehicles (NYT)
- Philly Has a Vision Zero Goal — Now What Will It Take to Eliminate Traffic Deaths? (Philly.com)
- Georgia House Commission Could Look at Integrating Atlanta’s Fragmented Transit System (AJC)
- Minnesota’s Transportation Deal Kicks Twin Cities Transit Funding Shortfall Down the Road (MPR)
- New Orleans-Area Business Group Backs Gas Tax Hike, Focuses on Highway Expansion (Advocate)
- Virginian-Pilot Asks Whether Norfolk’s New Bike Lanes Will Have Staying Power
- Increasingly, Downtown Akron Residents Are Going Car-Free (WKSU)
- How Good Public Spaces Are Bringing Street Life Back to Downtown Detroit (Free Press)
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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