Today’s Headlines
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure, and the Public Can’t Measure DC-Area Ride-Hail (WAMU) Baton Rouge Streetcar Between Downtown and LSU on Life Support, Not Officially Dead (Advocate) Town Selectmen Are Why the Northeast Corridor Can’t Have Faster Trains (Darien Times) Under an Awful Headline, Bridge Michigan Examines Equity and Cycling in the Motor … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 25, 2017
- You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure, and the Public Can’t Measure DC-Area Ride-Hail (WAMU)
- Baton Rouge Streetcar Between Downtown and LSU on Life Support, Not Officially Dead (Advocate)
- Town Selectmen Are Why the Northeast Corridor Can’t Have Faster Trains (Darien Times)
- Under an Awful Headline, Bridge Michigan Examines Equity and Cycling in the Motor City
- Woman Dies on the Sidewalk After Hit-and-Run Driver Rams Into Another Vehicle (Cleveland.com)
- Suburban Seattle Park-and-Ride Garage to Cost Almost Double; Officials Still Want It (Kent Reporter)
- Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Endorses Replacing Gas Tax With VMT Fees
- Newport Beach City Councilman: We Refused Gas Tax Money to Oppose “Big Government” (LA Times)
- Plunger-Protected Bike Lane Appears in Center City Philadelphia (BCGP, Philly Voice)
- Buffalo Suburb Replaces Traffic Signal With Temporary Roundabout (Spectrum News)
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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