Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EST on February 14, 2013
- State of the City: Bloomberg Wants Electric Charging Stations at 20% of New Parking Spaces (TransNat)
- 67-Year-Old Man Killed Crossing Woodhaven Boulevard (DNA)
- Driver Hits Teenage Boy on Bklyn’s Park Ave, Victim in Critical Condition (Patch, Post, Gothamist, NYT)
- Prosecutors: “No Evidence” Driver Who Pinned 90-Year-Old on Sidewalk Was Driving Recklessly (News)
- 11 Injured When SUV Driver Slams Into Idling Bus in Harlem (Post, News, DNA, Gothamist)
- Even More Discussion of Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Bike Lanes (CapNY)
- DiNapoli: MTA Left Extra $90 Million Unused in Budget (News, CapNY)
- TZB “Chicken and Egg” Situation: No Financing Plan; Feds Have Not Invited TIFIA Application (MTR)
- NJ Transit Sandy Damage Estimated at $450 Million (TransNat)
- Port Authority Denies Claim of WTC PATH 18-Month Sandy Delay (Observer, TransNat, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Are Food Delivery Cyclists to 2013 What Messengers Were to 1987? (City Atlas)
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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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