Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EDT on July 12, 2013
- NYC Budget Office: Surprise! The Yankee Stadium Parking Scandal Is a Disaster (IBO)
- It’s Not Just Bike Lanes: Anthony Weiner Promises to Tear Out Boro Taxis on Day One (CapNY)
- Tribeca CB Committee Likes Bike Plan, Except Short On-Sidewalk Route to Avoid Cobblestones (DNA)
- Meanwhile, in Dumbo: Test the Bike-Friendly Cobblestone Options DOT Is Considering (Gothamist)
- More Coverage of CB 6’s Fourth Avenue Vote (DNA, News, Bklyn Paper)
- GW Bridge Bus Terminal Renovation, Announced in 2008, Now Indefinitely Delayed (DNA)
- Google Maps Update Renders Many Bike Lanes Invisible (Accursed Ware)
- Vacca Pushes for Bronx Ferry Service (Bronx Times); Weiner Announces 5-Boro Ferry Plan Today (NYT)
- Post and Daily News Compete to Publish Dumbest Bike Article of All Time
- DNA Interviews Tawkiyah Jordan, Former Sheridan Expressway Advocate, Current City Project Planner
- Citi Bike Cycle Chic for Businessmen, or as Bike Peace Says: “It Suits You”
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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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