Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on June 12, 2017

During "Infrastructure Week," Trump Proposes Red Tape-Cutting Council That Already Exists (USA Today)
Las Vegas Transit Agency Gets Governor's Green Light to Seek Funds for Airport-Downtown Light Rail (Review-Journal)
Oregon Transpo Funding Deal: Advocates Push Rail, Not Highways; Bike Tax Could Be Altered (BikePortland 1, 2)
Boston Will Redo Car-Clogged Junction to Be More Bike-, Ped-Friendly But Will Keep Highway Underpass (Globe)
Joe Cortright Looks at Analysis by Frontier Group and U.S. PIRG Showing Roads Don't Pay for Themselves (Atlantic)
Bike Lane Advocates, Advocates for Disabled Work Together in Twin Cities (Star Tribune)
Bike-Share: 1,000 Bikes in Honolulu This Month (Honolulu Mag), 600 in Memphis Next Spring (Commercial Appeal)
Walk? Bus? Nah. Cleveland-Area Judge Orders DUI Offenders to Download Uber and Lyft (Morning Journal)
Hit-and-Run Drivers Killing People on Sidewalks, From Sea to Shining Sea (Stockton Record, Sun Sentinel)
Get Ready for More Collision Reports Describing Crashes Between Cyclists and Robot Cars (Jalopnik)

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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