Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Stephen Miller

8:57 AM EST on February 11, 2013

TZB Construction to Start Within Months, With Old Span Removed by 2018 (Newsday, WCBS)
Buffalo News: Tappan Zee “Cannot Be Allowed to Suck Up Dollars Allocated to This Area”
Does Ray Kelly’s Fact-Filled Weekly Briefing Book Include Data on Traffic Violence? (NYT)
Driver Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run Death of S.I. Pedestrian Clara Almazo, Faces Up to 3 Years (NY1)
Owner of Trucking Company Whose Driver Ran Over Jessica Dworkin: Not Our Fault (Post)
More From Council Transpo Committee Hearing on Subway Deaths (CapNY, Gothamist)
TWU Uses Platform Deaths as Distraction (Post); What’s Behind the Scare Campaign? (2nd Ave Sagas)
Industry Lawsuit Seeks to Derail Taxi of Tomorrow Rollout (NYT)
Storm Strands Drivers, With 27 Miles of LIE Closed for Snow Removal (AP, Post, News)
Cuomo: “When You Close the Roads, What You’re Saying Is People Can’t Get Home” (NYT)
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Sal Albanese Wants City Control of Subway (Bklyn Daily)

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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