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8:55 AM EDT on July 18, 2017

    • Miami-Dade Mayor Downgrades Transit Expansion Plan, Swaps Out Rail for BRT (Miami Herald)
    • Bush Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Pushes for More Public-Private Partnerships (NYT)
    • Audit Finds Utah Transit Authority Keeps Costs Down, But Struggles With Ridership (Salt Lake Tribune)
    • Despite Demand, Transit Expansion Stalled in Santa Rosa County, FL (Pensacola News Journal)
    • Downtown LA's Streetcar Loop Looks Like a Very Bad Idea (LA Weekly)
    • It's Time to Put a Lid on I-5 Through Downtown Seattle (Crosscut)
    • Bay Area Bike-Share Opponents Cite Gentrification, Corporate Sponsorship, and... Parking (Daily Californian, Examiner)
    • New Haven Politicians Aren't Quite on Board With Protected Bike Lane Plan (Independent)
    • Elon Musk Shares His Vision of Our Robot Car Future at National Governors Association (Futurism)
    • For Some Reason, Cars Are Still Allowed in Seattle's Pike Place Market (Stranger)
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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