Today’s Headlines
NRDC Sues Trump Administration for Halting Rule That Would Track Highway Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Nation Takes a Look at How Denver’s I-70 Widening Would Blast Through Low-Income Neighborhoods Instead of Building New Highway, North Carolina to Spend $531 Million Widening I-85 (Shelby Star) Trump’s Turbulent White House Continues to Insist Infrastructure Is “Still a … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 1, 2017
- NRDC Sues Trump Administration for Halting Rule That Would Track Highway Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- The Nation Takes a Look at How Denver’s I-70 Widening Would Blast Through Low-Income Neighborhoods
- Instead of Building New Highway, North Carolina to Spend $531 Million Widening I-85 (Shelby Star)
- Trump’s Turbulent White House Continues to Insist Infrastructure Is “Still a Priority” (Hill)
- Judges Often Make Bad Decisions on Transportation Cases — Exhibit A: Maryland’s Purple Line (Governing)
- Kansas City Residents and Pols, Wanting Ample On-Street Parking, Push Higher Parking Minimums (Star)
- Self-Driving Cars Could Revolutionize Parking, Impacting Municipal Bottom Lines (Governing)
- Scariest Thing About Riding the Bus? Crossing Dangerous Streets, Waiting in the Sun (Houston Chronicle)
- Boise Plans One Block of Protected Bike Lane in Front of City Hall (Statesman, KTVB)
- City of New Orleans, Advocacy Group Open Temporary Protected Bike Lane (Curbed)
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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