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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on June 4, 2013

    • Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against EDC's South Bronx FreshDirect Subsidies (Crain's, DNA, News)
    • Driver Falls Asleep, Rear-Ends Garbage Truck; Sanitation Worker May Lose Leg as Result (Post, WCBS)
    • Traffic and North Shore Transit High on List of Concerns at S.I. Ferris Wheel and Mall Hearing (Advance)
    • Dozens of Candidates Ask MTA to Use Unexpected Funds to Restore Service Cuts (Advance, News)
    • Nicole Gelinas on Bike-Share's Benefits and Risk Posed By Large Truck Operators (City Journal)
    • Throwing Trash on Bike-Share Docks? That's How One Brooklyn Heights Building Rolls (Post)
    • Meanwhile, Bike-Share Closes in on 30,000 Annual Members (Citi Bike)
    • This Daily News Opinion Piece Is So Wrong (Factually and Otherwise), It's Hard to Know Where to Start
    • Paul Krugman: NYC's Anti-Bike Elite Are "Members of the Modern Carriage Trade" (NYT)
    • A Look at Senator Frank Lautenberg's Transit Legacy (WNYC, MTR)
    • Electeds Laud Kosciuszko Expansion; Markowitz: Drivers Should "Get the Respect They Deserve" (News)

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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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