Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on August 28, 2017

Meet Uber's New CEO: Expedia Chief Dara Khosrowshahi (Recode)
Emails Show White House Claimed Bike-Share Station Posed "Security Concern" Before Removal (WaPo)
As Special Session Begins, Honolulu, Legislature Clash Over How to Fix Rail Funding Gap (Star-Advertiser)
Lawsuit: Smaller Property Owners Didn't Get Vote In Sacramento Streetcar Tax (Bee, CBS Sacramento)
County Vision Zero Action Plan: There Are a Lot of Dangerous Roads in Tampa Bay Area (TB Times)
Market-Rate Developer Challenges Affordable Housing Developer for Building Parking Lot (Philly.com)
Free Transit on Election Day? Not on Primary Day This Year in Tucson, Says City Manager (Daily Star)
Union-Tribune Looks at Car Dealerships Replaced by Housing in San Diego
Albany-Area Bike-Share Logs 4,200 Trips In First Month (Times Union)
Pop-Up Bike Lanes Appear in Buffalo (Buffalo Rising)

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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