Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on August 16, 2017

Fox News, Daily Caller Delete Post Encouraging Readers to Ram Protestors With Cars (CNN)
New Trump Order Would Make It Easier to Build Infrastructure Susceptible to Flooding (NYT, Reuters)
NRDC Poll: Americans Don't Support Trump's Draconian Transit Cuts
Wealthy Donors and Foundations Fund Bike Infrastructure When Cities Are Too Slow to Act (WSJ)
Will Portland Backslide As a Transportation Leader With Plan to Widen Expressways? (City Observatory)
WMATA to Slow Metro Trains, Again, Reducing Top Speed From 45 to 35 MPH (GGW via WaPo)
DC's Outer Beltway Would Do Nothing to Solve Suburb-to-Suburb Commute Woes (GGW)
Randal O'Toole: Maryland Shouldn't Build Purple Line, Because Driverless Cars Will Maybe Happen (WaPo)
"Historic Low" Ridership Leads Savannah-Area Transit Authority to Consider Service Cuts (Morning News)
Even in Paris, Police Battle Plans to Install Protected Bike Lanes (Le Monde via CityMetric)

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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