Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Stephen Miller

8:59 AM EDT on October 12, 2012

Cuomo: If $2.9 Billion TIFIA Application Fails, I’m Still Building New TZB (Times Union, CapTon, LoHud)
Taxpayer-Funded Yankees Parking Defaults on Bonds; Bankruptcy Next (TransNat)
City Council Approves EDC’s Big, Mixed-Use LES Development and Its 500 Parking Spaces (Crain’s)
Steve Levin’s Chief of Staff: Boerum Hill Slow Zone Will Be Installed in Next Few Months (Brownstoner)
Free Parking for Motorcyclists? Vallone and Other Harley-Riding Pols Want Perk for Riders (News, NYT)
Tabloids Cover New Regs for “Kamikaze” “Two-Wheeled Terror” Commercial Cyclists (Post, News)
More LaGuardia Bus Coverage: NYT, WSJ, NY1, DNA, News, Post, Observer, CapNY, SAS, Gothamist
Crain’s Asks: The LGA Buses Will Serve Three Boroughs, Why Not Brooklyn?
Amtrak Ridership Is Up, and So Is Operating Surplus on Many of Its Routes (Cap’n Transit)
Streisand Concertgoer: “I Was Going to Take a Limo” But Rode the Subway Instead (TransNat, News)
Staten Island Ferris Wheel Proposal Garners Traffic Complaints… From New Jersey (Advance)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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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