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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on September 14, 2017

    • Hotbed of Innovation: "Cycling Is What Makes Everything Else in Amsterdam Work" (Politico)
    • Here in the U.S., Ford Researches How Humans Deal With "Driverless" Overlords (Verge, Wired)
    • Trump Administration and Congress Ease Off Driverless Car Safety Regs; Slate Is Not Impressed
    • WMATA Trumpets "Success" of Running Fewer Trains So More Of Them Are On Time (WaPo)
    • No-Brainer: Columbia Looks to Price Public Parking Based on Demand (Missourian)
    • Dallas City Council Endorses Downtown Subway, Streetcar Alignments (Dallas News, D Mag)
    • San Diego Nixes Bike-Share in Outer Areas, Focuses on Core; NIMBYs Rejoice (La Jolla Light)
    • Dockless Bike-Share: Rogue Operations, or Challengers to City-Sanctioned Monopolies? (Vice)
    • Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off, But Some Cities Still Making Gains (Bike League)
    • Chattanooga Does Park(ing) Day (Times Free Press); In DC, Police Are Not On Board (GGW)
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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