Today’s Headlines
A Month After Harvey, Texas Tribune Finds Low-Income Houstonians Stranded Without Cars Advocates Are Wary of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s Slow Pace on Transportation (CityLab) DC Council Member Wants Review of “Speed Trap” Cams: With Friends Like These… (WaPo, Fox 5) Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s Transit Cuts Almost Derail Budget (Miami Herald) Without Federal Funding, … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on September 21, 2017
- A Month After Harvey, Texas Tribune Finds Low-Income Houstonians Stranded Without Cars
- Advocates Are Wary of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s Slow Pace on Transportation (CityLab)
- DC Council Member Wants Review of “Speed Trap” Cams: With Friends Like These… (WaPo, Fox 5)
- Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s Transit Cuts Almost Derail Budget (Miami Herald)
- Without Federal Funding, Dallas Rail Expansion Plans Could Drown Region in Debt (Dallas News)
- Salt Lake City Airport Board Backs Lower-Cost Light Rail Expansion to Airport (Tribune)
- Atlanta City Council Approves Plan to Turn Streetcar Over to MARTA Next Year (AJC)
- Madison, Wisconsin, Streamlines Its Transportation Planning Commissions (Cap Times)
- Caltrans Promotes Participatory Budgeting As Part of Its Local Planning Grants (Next City)
- Cities Wooing Amazon Fret About Transit (News & Observer) and Bike Lanes (People for Bikes)
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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