Today’s Headlines
Frustrated With Judge’s Delay, Maryland Asks for Emergency Ruling to Allow Purple Line to Proceed (WaPo) King County Metro Adds More Buses to Serve Flood of Amazon Interns (Seattle Times) Higher Fares, Less Service, More Disruptions, Fewer Riders: WMATA’s “Death Spiral” (WAMU) South Carolina Transit Struggles With Lack of Funding and Sprawling, Car-Dependent Cities (Post and Courier) Suburban Fulton … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on June 26, 2017
- Frustrated With Judge’s Delay, Maryland Asks for Emergency Ruling to Allow Purple Line to Proceed (WaPo)
- King County Metro Adds More Buses to Serve Flood of Amazon Interns (Seattle Times)
- Higher Fares, Less Service, More Disruptions, Fewer Riders: WMATA’s “Death Spiral” (WAMU)
- South Carolina Transit Struggles With Lack of Funding and Sprawling, Car-Dependent Cities (Post and Courier)
- Suburban Fulton County, Outside Atlanta, Begins Work on Transit Master Plan (AJC)
- Officials Begin Planning to Tame Extra-Wide Streets in Downtown Rochester, NH (Fosters.com)
- Undoing a Parking Crater: Akron Seeks Ideas for Downtown, Which Is One-Third Parking Lots (Cleveland.com)
- Employers Should Allow Their Workers to Accept Cash Instead of Free Parking as a Commuting Perk (NRDC)
- The Barnes Dance “Pedestrian Scramble” Makes a Comeback (Governing)
- Pop-Up Bike Lane Gets Use in Elk River, MN (Star News)
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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