Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on April 22, 2013
- Advocates, MTA Board Members Call for $40M Surplus to Go Toward Service Restoration (Advance)
- MAS’s Cipolla and RPA’s Yaro: Time to Move MSG and Improve Penn (News)
- Vacca Can Barely Believe Month-Old “Bonkers” Bike Count Data (Post)
- Taxi Driver Goes to Trial for Attempted Murder After Driving Over Customers (Post)
- One Year After NYPD Fatally Struck Tamon Robinson, Grand Jury Still Hasn’t Convened (News)
- The Post and an Anonymous NYPD Source Set Out to Embarrass Sadik-Khan
- DOT Tells Sen. Peralta It Would Install Speed Cam at Rego Park Intersection (Times Ledger)
- Prendergast Names Carmen Bianco Acting President of NYC Transit (NY1, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
- Staten Island Neighborhood Wants Stop Sign to Calm Traffic (Advance)
- Residents Wait on Council Member Eugene for Coney Island Ave. Traffic Calming (Ditmas Park Corner)
- MTA Reduces Off-Peak Rockaway Shuttle Bus Service, Increases Rush Hour Frequency (Gothamist)
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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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