Today’s Headlines
If You Didn’t Already Notice, Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Looks Less and Less Likely to Happen (AP) Chao Inveighs Against Regulation in Op-Ed With Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (World-Herald) Insurance Institute: Early Look at Data Shows Automated Systems Already on Road Prevent Crashes (AP) Dallas, Houston, Louisville and Rochester Have Lessons for Portland: Don’t Widen Freeways (City … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 24, 2017
- If You Didn’t Already Notice, Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Looks Less and Less Likely to Happen (AP)
- Chao Inveighs Against Regulation in Op-Ed With Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (World-Herald)
- Insurance Institute: Early Look at Data Shows Automated Systems Already on Road Prevent Crashes (AP)
- Dallas, Houston, Louisville and Rochester Have Lessons for Portland: Don’t Widen Freeways (City Observatory)
- Instead of Reconnecting Cleveland to Its Lakefront, ODOT Mega-Project Hamstrung by LOS Fears (Plain Dealer)
- VC-Backed Bike-Share Companies Roll-Out Cash-Based and Low-Income Discount Plans (Seattle Bike Blog)
- Adding Bikes to the Road Improves Safety More Than Helmet Laws Ever Could (Seattle Weekly)
- Will WMATA’s New Safety Commission Be Better Than the Failed Agency It’s Replacing? (WAMU)
- Atlanta BeltLine CEO Steps Down After Disappointing Affordable Housing Results (AJC)
- Man Attempts Petition Effort to Convince Vancouver to Tear Out Burrard Bridge Bikeway (CBC)
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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