Today’s Headlines
Trump Plays Coy About Working With Democrats on Infrastructure, Which He Promises He’s Working On (Hill) Jarrett Walker: Auckland’s “Congestion-Free” Transit Framework Emphasizes Frequency, Speed, Reliability (CityLab) Bus Ridership on Vegas Strip Plummets After Introduction of Uber and Lyft (Review-Journal) Study: When Uber and Lyft Left Austin, Some People Turned to Private Car Ownership (Reuters, … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 11, 2017
- Trump Plays Coy About Working With Democrats on Infrastructure, Which He Promises He’s Working On (Hill)
- Jarrett Walker: Auckland’s “Congestion-Free” Transit Framework Emphasizes Frequency, Speed, Reliability (CityLab)
- Bus Ridership on Vegas Strip Plummets After Introduction of Uber and Lyft (Review-Journal)
- Study: When Uber and Lyft Left Austin, Some People Turned to Private Car Ownership (Reuters, Verge, Engadget)
- Bloomberg Made a Comic Strip About How Lyft Made the “Revolutionary” Decision to Charge Employees for Parking
- Gates Foundation: Daily, Not Monthly, Parking Charges Most Effective at Reducing Car Commuting (Seattle Times)
- Eno Dives Deep on Flaws in How Congress Funds the New Starts Transit Expansion Program
- Salt Lake City Debates Whether to Take Incremental or “Big Bang” Approach to Transit Expansion (Tribune)
- After Spurning Rail Expansion, Miami-Dade’s Mayor Still Excited About “Disruptive” Gobbledygook (Herald)
- Nevada DOT Installs Pedestrian-Blaming Sidewalk Decals at Dangerously-Designed Intersections (News 4)
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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