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8:55 AM EDT on July 19, 2017

    • Schumer Feared Infrastructure Would Split Dems, But Trump Led With Healthcare Instead (Axios, Vanity Fair)
    • In Wake of Obamacare Repeal Collapse, CityLab Urges GOP to Turn to Infrastructure
    • Seattle Has Made Little Progress Reducing Greenhouse Gases Because People Are Driving Too Much (KUOW)
    • Autonomous Vehicles Could Entrench Car Ownership Even Further (Guardian)
    • Car-Free Renters Typically Pay 16% of Their Rent for a Parking Spot They Don't Use (Quartz)
    • Facepalm: National Renewable Energy Lab's Suburban Denver Campus Has Lots of Free Parking (City Observatory)
    • California Transportation Chief: 65% of State's New Transportation Spending Goes to Fix-It-First (Governing)
    • Cap-and-Trade Program Extended to 2030 After Bipartisan Vote by California Legislature Yesterday (LA Times, Streetsblog California)
    • Opposition to Oregon Bike Tax Crops Up From Republicans and John Birch Society (Fox News, New American)
    • Protected Bike Lanes Can Do the Most Good Where People Are Already Bicycling (Strong Towns)
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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