Skip to Content
Streetsblog USA home
Streetsblog USA home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on July 11, 2017

    • Selling Station Naming Rights, Increasing Parking Fees on Table to Raise Funds for WMATA (WaPo, WAMU)
    • Toronto City Council Supports Plan to Give Priority to Streetcar Lines on King Street (CityLab)
    • New York Times Visits MCity, the Autonomous Vehicle Test Track in Ann Arbor
    • Newest Perk to Sell Luxury Cars: Real-Time Parking Information (Engadget)
    • Anti-Streetcar Sentiment Fuels Recall Effort of Four-Term Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (WUWM)
    • Washington Post Covers Virginia DOT's Exhaust-Choked I-66 Bike Path Proposal
    • MARTA's Ridership Boom After Freeway Collapse Was Very Short-Lived (11 Alive via Next City)
    • A Pop-Up Bike Lane Becomes Permanent in Macon, GA (Next City)
    • Fargo's Bike-Share Is So Popular It's Affecting Bus Ridership (WDAY)
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.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog USA

Pedestrian safety

Spooky Stuff: On Halloween, Some States Will Have Deadlier Roads Than Others

Find out how yours ranks — and what policymakers can do to make streets less scary.

October 30, 2025
Today's Headlines

Who Are Thursday’s Headlines For?

Non-drivers still perceive streets as being for cars even when they have bike lanes. And that's because, in many cases, they are.

October 30, 2025
Bicycling

An Olympian Task: Replicating Paris’s Bike Boom in Los Angeles

The Olympics can help transform the streets of Los Angeles  — if they look to the example of Paris.

October 29, 2025
Today's Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines Are a Clear and Present Danger

Rescinding the "endangerment finding" could not only exacerbate climate change, it could also throw entire industries into chaos.

October 29, 2025
Streetsblog ChicagoTransit Fiscal Cliff

What’s More Regressive: Modest Driving Surcharges to Help Fund Transit, or Forced Car Ownership?

Do Illinois state senators and reps really want to make the financial burden on their constituents less "regressive"? If so they can start by ensuring that as many people as possible can live their lives without spending $12,000 annually just to leave their homes.

October 28, 2025
Today's Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines Pay High Prices for Highway Repairs

If the U.S. didn't spend so much money on repaving roads, there might be more left over for other things, like transit.

October 28, 2025
See all posts