Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

If California Is Going to Get Serious About Climate, It Will Need to Discourage Car Use (Vox) Philly’s Local Politicians Should Not Get Veto Power Over Street Safety Fixes With Citywide Benefits (Metro) New Orleans Mayor, RTA Defend Streetcar Extension After Advocates Question If It Helps Workers (Advocate) With Trump’s Signature, WMATA Safety Oversight Now … Continued

By Stephen Miller

8:55 AM EDT on August 23, 2017

If California Is Going to Get Serious About Climate, It Will Need to Discourage Car Use (Vox)
Philly’s Local Politicians Should Not Get Veto Power Over Street Safety Fixes With Citywide Benefits (Metro)
New Orleans Mayor, RTA Defend Streetcar Extension After Advocates Question If It Helps Workers (Advocate)
With Trump’s Signature, WMATA Safety Oversight Now Back in the Hands of Local Watchdog (WaPo, WTOP)
After Fire Marshal Puts Brakes on Speed Humps, Anchorage Shifts to Speed Cushions (Alaska Dispatch News)
Tampa-Area MPO Considers Vision Zero Policy, Including Narrower Lanes and More Enforcement (TB Times)
Wider Highways Coming to I-65 South of Birmingham (Biz Journal), Planned for Fairfax County, VA (WTOP)
Why Wait? Florida DOT Widens Road Now to Pave Way for Suburban Sprawl Traffic Later (TCPalm)
The Conservative Case for Raising the Gas Tax (Urban Milwaukee)
Underwater Parking Garages Are the Last Transportation Idea Boston Should Borrow From Amsterdam (Globe)

Stephen Miller

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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