Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:58 AM EDT on May 9, 2013
- Bloomberg: “I Don’t Think Anybody Would Have the Nerve to Roll Back the Bicycle Lanes” (CapNY)
- Ticket-Fixing Beneficiaries Say Ticket-Fixing Isn’t a Problem (News)
- Bronx Residents Clamor for Bike-Share and Bike Lanes (DNA)
- With Eric Adams on Shirley Huntley’s Wire, Tish James May Switch to Brooklyn Beep Race (News)
- Reason: NTSB Study of Curbside Buses Overstated Their Safety Risks
- MTA IG: Agency Has Not Sufficiently Inspected Elevated Subway Structures (Post, 2nd Avenue Sagas)
- WSJ Covers Water Street Revitalization Efforts, Including New Plazas
- Bklyn Paper Writes Up the Mayoral Candidates’ Cluelessness on PPW
- Proposal Persists to Merge Bridge Authority With Thruway (Times Herald-Record)
- UWS Rental Car Garage Expected to Become Condo Development (Crain’s)
- Brian Lehrer Talks Bicycling in Amsterdam With Author Pete Jordan (WNYC)
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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