Today’s Headlines
Senate Might Make a Move on Infrastructure Before White House (Hill) Kentucky Convinced Expanding Highway to Cincinnati Will Reduce Congestion (WCPO) Florida Aggressive Driving Deaths Rise; Here’s a Litany of Sociopathic Road Rage Incidents (Miami Herald) Huntsville to Install First Protected Bike Lane on Three Blocks Downtown (AL.com) Construction Sites in Downtown Kansas City Violating … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 4, 2017
- Senate Might Make a Move on Infrastructure Before White House (Hill)
- Kentucky Convinced Expanding Highway to Cincinnati Will Reduce Congestion (WCPO)
- Florida Aggressive Driving Deaths Rise; Here’s a Litany of Sociopathic Road Rage Incidents (Miami Herald)
- Huntsville to Install First Protected Bike Lane on Three Blocks Downtown (AL.com)
- Construction Sites in Downtown Kansas City Violating Rules by Blocking Pedestrian Access (KCTV)
- Elon University Says Town’s Parking Requirements Are Too High for Its Campus (Times-News)
- Meanwhile: Mizzou Cuts Down on Parking Permits at Center of Campus, Students Revolt (Missourian)
- Toronto to Add 70 More Bike-Share Stations This Month, Bringing Total to 270 (Star)
- Dockless Bike-Share Systems Compete to Flood the Market in Seattle (Q13) and Dallas (D Magazine)
- Praise for Elon Musk’s Effort to Hype the Hyperloop Into Being, Public Process Be Damned (Bloomberg)
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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