Today’s Headlines
Hurricane Harvey Recovery: Houston Metro Resumes Service Today On Some Key Bus Routes (Chronicle) In Wake of Hurricane Harvey, Gas Prices Have Risen 7 Cents Nationwide In Past Week (CBS, Vox) Did Houston’s Sprawling Land Use Exacerbate Flooding? It’s Complicated (Chronicle, Strong Towns) White House Briefs State, Local Officials On What Infrastructure Plan Could Eventually … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on August 31, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey Recovery: Houston Metro Resumes Service Today On Some Key Bus Routes (Chronicle)
- In Wake of Hurricane Harvey, Gas Prices Have Risen 7 Cents Nationwide In Past Week (CBS, Vox)
- Did Houston’s Sprawling Land Use Exacerbate Flooding? It’s Complicated (Chronicle, Strong Towns)
- White House Briefs State, Local Officials On What Infrastructure Plan Could Eventually Look Like (Hill 1, 2)
- Virginia Study Panel: State Needs New Taxes To Replace Expiring Transit Funds (Daily Press, WTOP)
- Coalition Forms To Support Nashville Mayor’s Transit Referendum, To Be Unveiled In October (Tennessean)
- Meanwhile, In Portland: Coalition Forms To Oppose ODOT’s Freeway Widening Plans (BikePortland)
- Expensive, But Effective: Security Bollards Keep People Safe From Terrorism And Everyday Carnage (Slate)
- Taras Grescoe: We Need Car-Free Streets, Not Just Bollards, For Safe And Pleasant Cities (NY Times)
- Almost, But Not Quite, Car-Free: Greater Greater Washington Checks Out Nine Blocks Of Shared Space
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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