Today’s Headlines
We have a nominee for transportation secretary! More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:59 AM EDT on April 29, 2013
- TZB Transit Panel Focuses on Transfer Between Buses and Metro-North (Times Herald-Record)
- Kicked Out of TZB Project, Transit Scrounges for Funding (LoHud, News 12, Times Herald-Record)
- Anti-Bike-Share Nonsense Continues (NYT, Patch, Gothamist); NYT Smackdown at Bklyn Spoke
- Julio Acevedo: “I Was Not Speeding…It Was An Accident; Nothing More” (WABC)
- Smith-9th Street Station Reopens, Late and Without ADA Access (Observer, WNYC, Gothamist)
- Notary Public Biz Eschews Rented Storefront for Cheap, High-Visibility Parking Space (Post)
- NYPD Ticket Agent Spews Profanity After Getting Parking Ticket; Flees, Runs Red Light (DNA)
- Queens Civic Leader, Killed Crossing Street by Driver, Memorialized With Walking Trail (Times Ledger)
- City to Bid Out 3,100 Yellow Bus Routes in Effort to Trim Bloated Costs (News)
- A History of High Bridge, Connecting Upper Manhattan and the Bronx (NYT)
- New Speed Humps in Ditmas Park (Ditmas Park Corner)
- 5 Boro Bike Tour Will Prohibit Bags in Wake of Boston Bombings (NY1, Gothamist, DNA, SMBIVA)
We have a nominee for transportation secretary! More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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