Today’s Headlines
NY Times Looks at Disastrous Infrastructure Privatization Schemes Around the World Senators From Both Parties Are Eager to Embrace Our Driverless Car Future (Hill) Meanwhile, in Helsinki: Driverless Buses Will Go Into Scheduled Service This Year (Curbed) Long Live Cheap American Gasoline (WaPo) Philly Council President Calls for Vision Zero Implementation Plan, Which Already Exists (PlanPhilly) Baltimore Bike … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on June 16, 2017
- NY Times Looks at Disastrous Infrastructure Privatization Schemes Around the World
- Senators From Both Parties Are Eager to Embrace Our Driverless Car Future (Hill)
- Meanwhile, in Helsinki: Driverless Buses Will Go Into Scheduled Service This Year (Curbed)
- Long Live Cheap American Gasoline (WaPo)
- Philly Council President Calls for Vision Zero Implementation Plan, Which Already Exists (PlanPhilly)
- Baltimore Bike Lane: Advocates Make Their Case (Sun) as Pugh Mouths Climate Change Platitudes (Systemic Failure)
- GOP Legislator Proposes Per-Mile Truck Fees to Fund Highways (Wisconsin Public Radio)
- Dallas Mayor Promises to “Dream No Small Dreams” on Bicycling and Transportation (Dallas News)
- Meanwhile: Private Bike-Share Seeks to Eclipse Dallas’s Anemic Two-Station System (Dallas News, D Magazine)
- Albany Unveils 38 Locations for Bike-Share Program to Launch This Summer (Times Union)
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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