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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on June 7, 2017

    • Sharp Rise Since 2010 in "Super Commuters" With 90+ Minute Trips to Work (Governing)
    • Planners Focus on Two Alternatives for Downtown Dallas Subway Link, Will Seek Federal Funds (Dallas News)
    • With Baltimore Bus Revamp Set to Launch and Purple Line on the Ropes, Maryland Replaces Transit Chief (Fox 45)
    • Empty Mall and Big-Box Parking Lots Increasingly Being Redeveloped, But They're Not Necessarily Walkable (NY Post)
    • Voters in Sprawling Suburb Reject TOD: "We Love Our City and We Don't Want It to Be Urbanized" (Denver Post)
    • Why Does U.S. Lag on Privately-Financed Infrastructure? We Use Tax-Free Gov't Bonds Instead (Bloomberg, WSJ)
    • Albuquerque City Council Ensures Proposed 2-Cent Gas Tax Will Not Help Fund Transit (Albuquerque Journal)
    • Oregon's Massive Transportation Funding Package Shortchanges Safe Routes to School (BikePortland)
    • Suburban Las Vegas Officials Surprised When Residents Ask for Road Diet and Median (13 Action News)
    • Tampa Bay Times: While We're Building Massive Roads, We Should Make Sure They Can Allow Transit, Eventually
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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