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Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EST on December 18, 2012

    • Cuomo Administration Totally Caves on Thruway Truck Toll Hike (Crain's, CapTon, Times Union)
    • Thruway OKs TZB Plan; AG and Comptroller Signatures Are Next (LoHud, Times Union, TransNat)
    • History Lesson: Why Is the TZB at the Second-Widest Point of the Hudson River? (NYT)
    • Senate Dems Choose Westchester's Andrea Stewart-Cousins as Their Leader (CapNY, Times Union)
    • MTA Expects to Run R Train Below East River by Friday (Post, WSJ, SAS, NY1)
    • Hunts Point Market Lease In Limbo, But Truck Traffic Rolls on in South Bronx (NY World)
    • CB 1 Committee to Discuss Williamsburg's George B. Post Plaza on Wednesday (DNA)
    • Alta Gets Contract for Portland Bike-Share; Must Find Sponsorship (OPB)
    • State Sells Trains Intended for Failed Pataki-Era Rail Project for Scrap (News)
    • Adam Sternbergh: Crazy Cuozzo Adds "Several Exciting Innovations" to Anti-Bike Genre (NYT)

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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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