Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on October 25, 2012
- Lhota: Islanders Fans Won’t Take Transit to Barclays? That’s “Complete and Unadulterated Bull” (WSJ)
- AYR: Islanders’ Move Shows That Officials Should Have Driven a Harder Bargain With Ratner
- Countdown Clocks Not Coming to Lettered Lines Anytime Soon (TransNat, News, DNA)
- Subway Cell Service Will Expand in Manhattan and Queens in 2013 (Post)
- L.I. State Senators Oppose Bronx Metro-North; They Need All of Penn Station for Themselves (DNA)
- At Last: Vance Convenes Task Force to Get Tough on — Oh Wait, Never Mind (Crain’s)
- Serious Crash on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, After CB 10 Voted Against Safety Fixes (Brooklyn Daily)
- Locals Pan Council Member Mathieu Eugene’s Weak-Tea Traffic Calming Ideas (Ditmas Park Corner)
- Greyhound’s YO! Curbside Bus, Spurned From Seward Park, Looks to Pike Street (Lo-Down)
- TA Advocate Falls Short of Breaking Subway Record; Might Have Been Easier Before Service Cuts (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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