Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on September 27, 2017

Surprise! Private Financing, Cornerstone of Infrastructure "Plan," No Longer Interests Trump (WaPo)
America Gets an "F" on Making Walkable Cities and Towns (Fast Company)
PlanPhilly Finds Mayor Jim Kenney Isn't Keeping His Promise to Build 30 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes
Hampton Roads Transit Proposes More Service on Key Bus Routes, But There's No Funding (Virginian-Pilot)
Cincinnati the Latest City to Fret If Its Transit System Is Good Enough for Amazon (Cincinnati.com)
Pittsburgh Bus Rapid Transit Line Added to Long-Term Regional Plan (WESA)
This Transport Politic Post on Platform Doors Is Actually About Dysfunction in U.S. Transit Management
Atlanta Mayoral Candidates See Bike Lanes and Gentrification as One and the Same (AJC)
People-Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Naito Parkway in Portland (Willamette Week)
CEO of "The Traffic Group" Thinks Larry Hogan's Highway Expansions Are a Good Idea (Baltimore Sun)

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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