Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on June 12, 2013
- Bloomberg Unveils Storm Resiliency Plan (Observer, Post, News, WNYC, NYT)
- WNYC Estimates That 10% of Citi Bike Stations “Flatline” Each Day; Post Notices Power Outages Too
- Bay Ridge Community Board Committee Backs Fourth Avenue Traffic Calming (Bklyn Daily)
- Livery Driver Jumps Curb in Longwood, Injuring Mother and Child on Sidewalk (News, DNA)
- Prendergast to Meet With Senate Committee Chair, But No Hearing as Session Winds Down (WNYC)
- LES Community Board Asks DOT to Fix Grand Street Back-Ups, Examine Bike Lane Removal (Lo-Down)
- S.I. Wheel Clears Community Board With Greenway, HOV, Road Widening Requests (Advance)
- Hunter Professors: 60 Percent of Manhattan Bicyclists Use Helmets (News)
- Nicole Gelinas Talks to Bike Lane Skeptics (City & State)
- A New Yorker Examines Bicycling Around Paris, And Finds It Isn’t So Different From NYC (WSJ)
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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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