Today’s Headlines
White House Plans to Talk Infrastructure This Week But Will Let Congress Figure Out How to Pay for It (Hill 1, 2) Denver Suburb Votes Tomorrow: Stay Sprawling or Become Walkable Around Light Rail Station? (Denver Post) Meanwhile: Atlanta’s Gwinnett County Suburbs Are Courting Walkable Downtown Development (Bisnow) Nashville’s Mayor Begins Making Case for Voters to Back Transit Expansion Funding Measure (NewsChannel 5) Toledo-Area … Continued
8:44 AM EDT on June 5, 2017
- White House Plans to Talk Infrastructure This Week But Will Let Congress Figure Out How to Pay for It (Hill 1, 2)
- Denver Suburb Votes Tomorrow: Stay Sprawling or Become Walkable Around Light Rail Station? (Denver Post)
- Meanwhile: Atlanta’s Gwinnett County Suburbs Are Courting Walkable Downtown Development (Bisnow)
- Nashville’s Mayor Begins Making Case for Voters to Back Transit Expansion Funding Measure (NewsChannel 5)
- Toledo-Area Voters Will Decide on Half-Cent Sales Tax to Fund More Bus Service (The Blade)
- Carmakers Worry About New Stats Showing People Aren’t Buying New Cars (WaPo)
- Six-Station Bike-Share Program Launches in Manchester, NH (Union Leader)
- Sacramento Bee Editorial: Naysayers Need to Get Real; California Needs High-Speed Rail
- Washington State Capitol Workers Are Furious They Might Not Have Cheap Parking Anymore (News Tribune)
- Shed a Tear for Wealthy DC Neighborhood’s “Parking Crisis” Now That Ivanka and the Obamas Moved In (WaPo)
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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