Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM EDT on August 24, 2012
- MTA Warns of Devastating Service Cuts If Payroll Mobility Tax Dies (Post, CapNY)
- Bloomberg Sarcastically Suggests Congestion Pricing as Alternative (CapNY)
- Lhota to County Execs: Suburban Commuters Get Biggest Subsidy of All (TransNat)
- Court’s Decision Is Boost for Suburban GOP Legislators (CapTon)
- Victim of Financial District Security Overkill ID’d as Sorel Depas-Medina (News, Post)
- Daily News Bike Demonization Continues; Central Park Mulls Separation from Pedestrians
- Moped Rider Allegedly Struck By NYPD in Clinton Hill; Hospitalized With Head Trauma (Gothamist)
- 34th Street Crosstown Bus Trips 10 Percent Faster? DNAinfo Is Not Impressed
- SBS on Hylan Boulevard Starts September 2; Riders Will Get Additional Free Transfer (SI Advance)
- Work Will Resume Monday After Second Avenue Subway Explosion (SAS, WSJ, NY1)
- Bloomberg Bets Future of Boro Taxi Plan on Courts, Not Legislature (Post)
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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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