Today’s Headlines
T&I Chair Bill Schuster Open to “Targeted Tolling” on Highways In “Really Congested Areas” (Herald-Mail) Oregon Legislature’s Transportation Funding Plan Includes a Lot of Freeway Expansions (BikePortland) Conservative Opposition to Increasing Taxes Kills Proposed Louisiana Gas Tax Hike (Advocate) Transportation Is Ripe for a Shake-Up, and That Must Include Changing How We Think About Cars (Frontier Group) … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on June 2, 2017
- T&I Chair Bill Schuster Open to “Targeted Tolling” on Highways In “Really Congested Areas” (Herald-Mail)
- Oregon Legislature’s Transportation Funding Plan Includes a Lot of Freeway Expansions (BikePortland)
- Conservative Opposition to Increasing Taxes Kills Proposed Louisiana Gas Tax Hike (Advocate)
- Transportation Is Ripe for a Shake-Up, and That Must Include Changing How We Think About Cars (Frontier Group)
- Road Pricing Fail: Why Park Your Car When You Can Pay Someone to Drive It Around Manhattan Instead? (Slate)
- Tampa Bay’s Transit Agency Prepares for a Bus Network Overhaul (SaintPetersBlog)
- Maryland Halts Pre-Construction Work on Purple Line While It Appeals Judge’s Ruling (WAMU)
- San Antonio City Council Poised to Vote on $2 Million for Vision Zero Pedestrian Safety Projects (Fox 29)
- Portsmouth, NH, Officials Defend Decision to Build Parking Garage They Insist Will Pay for Itself (SeacoastOnline)
- Downtown Sioux Falls Neighborhood Groups Push for Walk and Bike Improvements (Argus Leader)
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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