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8:55 AM EDT on July 17, 2017

    • Chao: "Nothing Is Off the Table" for Infrastructure Plan -- But Nothing's on the Table, Either (WDRB)
    • People Are Dying on the Streets Because We're Addicted to Cars and BikePortland Is Fed Up
    • Rebuffed by TxDOT, Parents of Dead Teen Finally Convince City to Build Sidewalks (Temple Daily Telegram)
    • Orlando-Area Highway Authority Trumpets $580 Million Plan to Widen Expressway (Sentinel)
    • DART Needs Better Buses to Help Poor Residents Connect With Far-Away Job Centers (Dallas News)
    • Tampa Bay Business Leaders Want Elected Officials to Step Up to the Plate for Transit (TB Times)
    • Reason Foundation's "Practical Strategies" for Atlanta Transportation Primarily Involve Road Expansion (AJC)
    • After Hogan Cancelled Red Line, Baltimore Transit Riders Feel Slighted by Bus Reshuffle (WaPo)
    • Amalgamated Transit Union Funds Nascent Riders Interest Group to Sway WMATA Policy (WAMU)
    • Honolulu City Council Passes Bill to Prohibit Pedestrians From Using Phones (Hawaii News Now, Mashable)
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.

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