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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on May 1, 2013

    • NY Mag: "Andrew Cuomo Very Excited About His New MTA Chief, Whatshisface"
    • DOT Touts Projected $36 Million Economic Boost, 170 New Jobs From Citi Bike (Crain's)
    • West Village Bike-Share Rack Trimmed by Four Docks (WNYC); News: "City Is Starting to Backpedal"
    • JSK: "I Would Like to See Penn Station Fixed" and "a Fully Funded MTA Capital Program" (Crain's)
    • GOP Forum: Lhota Pins Toll Hikes on Budget Raids (News 1, 2); All Candidates Pro-Bike Lane (Post)
    • Driver Hits Elderly Woman in 4th Avenue Crosswalk in Bay Ridge; Victim Likely to Die (Bklyn Daily)
    • MTR: With Trans-Hudson Rail Improvements Years Away, P.A. Needs Bus Capacity Increases Soon
    • Tonight: MTA Hearing on Bus Service Changes Between Woodside, Jackson Heights and LGA (DNA)
    • AMNY: MTA Should Put Unexpected $40 Million Into Subway Service Restoration and Expansion
    • Gothamist Takes Up Cause of Manhattanites Who Don't See No Parking Notices, Have to Pay Tickets
    • Uber Launches NYC's First E-Hail Taxi App (NYT)
    • Adventures in Street Courtesy From Improv Everywhere (Gothamist) and NYC DOT (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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