Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:59 AM EDT on May 6, 2013
- Crain’s: Citi Bike to Launch Memorial Day Weekend, and Some Businesses Are Pumped
- Bike-Share Sense (WNBC, Guardian, MTR) and Nonsense (Post, News)
- 7 Year-Old Struck by SUV Driver on Gun Hill Road in Norwood, Bronx (News 12)
- Woman Injured in Clinton Hill Bike Crash (DNA)
- Driver Careens Through Brighton Beach Shop; Bklyn Daily Calls It “Vehicular Mannequin Slaughter”
- Placard Parking Puts Squeeze on Street Spaces in St. George (Advance)
- Scofflaws in Williamsburg, College Point Make Their Own Parking Regulation (Times Ledger, Post)
- Jamaica Surface Parking Lot Set to Be Replaced With Department Store, Plus Parking Garage (News)
- West 44th Street Residents Upset That Street Is Used as De Facto Bus Parking Lot (Post)
- Crain’s Profiles NBBL Lawyer Randy Mastro; And NY Mag Explains Mastro’s Taxi E-Hail Suit
- Stringer, Kavanagh Unveil Blueprint for East River Waterfront Below 34th Street (Crain’s, Post)
- Developers Create Apps at MTA “Hackathon” Event (NY1)
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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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