Today’s Headlines
Travis Kalanick Resigns as CEO of Uber (NYT) London Mayor Weighs Per-Mile Road Pricing and Ban on New Off-Street Parking (Guardian) Starting Tomorrow, Major Repairs Will Shut Down Downtown Minneapolis Light Rail for 11 Days (Star Tribune) Will Divided DART Board Prioritize Downtown Subway or Suburb-to-Suburb Commuter Rail? (Dallas News) Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Says MARTA … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on June 21, 2017
- Travis Kalanick Resigns as CEO of Uber (NYT)
- London Mayor Weighs Per-Mile Road Pricing and Ban on New Off-Street Parking (Guardian)
- Starting Tomorrow, Major Repairs Will Shut Down Downtown Minneapolis Light Rail for 11 Days (Star Tribune)
- Will Divided DART Board Prioritize Downtown Subway or Suburb-to-Suburb Commuter Rail? (Dallas News)
- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Says MARTA Will Take Over Streetcar Line From City (11 Alive)
- Cincinnati Transit Authority Will Put Sales Tax Levy Before Voters to Close Budget Gap, Expand Service (Fox 19, WCPO)
- Downtown Austin Alliance Inventories Parking Supply, Says It Must Be Managed and Priced Better (Statesman-American)
- With Vote on Development Plan, Rochester Could Build More City Where Inner Loop Freeway Once Stood (WHAM)
- After Driver Kills Cyclist in Nearby Suburb, Baltimore Sun Pauses to Reflect on Mayor Pugh’s Quest to Remove Bike Lane
- CNET Asks “How Danes Are Coping” After Uber Pulls Out of Copenhagen (Spoiler Alert: They’re Fine)
- BikePortland Visits the Rose City’s Newest Street — And It’s for Bicycles and Pedestrians Only
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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