Today’s Headlines
LA Times: Driver Speed Is Not the Most Important Consideration When Designing Roads Why Is Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Passing on Opportunities to Install Protected Bus and Bike Lanes? (Globe) Colorado Legislator Who Wants Bike Tax Really Seems to Like Having Bicyclists on Roads (Daily Sentinel) Drivers Blocking Trains: Detroit Issues Tickets (Free Press); Houston … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on July 31, 2017
- LA Times: Driver Speed Is Not the Most Important Consideration When Designing Roads
- Why Is Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Passing on Opportunities to Install Protected Bus and Bike Lanes? (Globe)
- Colorado Legislator Who Wants Bike Tax Really Seems to Like Having Bicyclists on Roads (Daily Sentinel)
- Drivers Blocking Trains: Detroit Issues Tickets (Free Press); Houston Considers Getting Cars Out of the Way (Chron)
- People Dead Without Sidewalks: Baton Rouge (Biz Report), Long Island (WCBS), Tucson (Daily Star), SoCal (LAT)
- Louisiana DAs to Drivers: Pay Us Directly and We’ll Cancel Your Ticket, No Court Required (The Lens)
- Northern Virginia’s Silver Line Struggles to Attract Riders As WMATA Ridership Falls (WaPo)
- More City, Less Parking? CBC and SF Biz Journal Look at Push for Fewer Spaces in New Development
- If the UK Wants Clean Air, It Needs to Get People Out of Cars (Guardian)
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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