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8:55 AM EDT on September 18, 2017

    • Trump and Infrastructure: Dems in Conservative States (Hill) and Bloomberg Columnists Are All for It
    • Maybe Housing, Not $118,000 Parking Spots, Should Be Built at Light Rail Stops (Seattle Times)
    • Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Goes to Bat for I-5 Highway Widening (BikePortland)
    • Amazon's Race to the Bottom Could Get Detroit and Its Suburbs to Push New Transit Plan (Crain's)
    • Dockless Bike-Share: Good Review in Worcester Mag; Concerned Neighbors in Imperial Beach (Fox 5)
    • Atlanta Demonstrates Self-Driving Bus on Busy North Avenue Corridor (AJC, AP)
    • Providence Mayor Vetoes Legislation That Would Study Bike Lanes to Death (WPRI)
    • Buyer Beware: Texas Used Car Market About to Flood With Hurricane-Damaged Vehicles (Dallas News)
    • Illegally Parking in Middle of Street: Key to the Philadelphian Identity, or Something (Philly Mag)
    • Jalopnik Would Rather Kvetch About Parking Than Consider Going Car-Free in NYC
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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