Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 16, 2013

MTA G Train Report Suggests More Afternoon Service, But Not Free Transfers (NYT, WSJ, WNYC, News)
Cab Driver, Allegedly Speeding, Seriously Injures Midtown Pedestrian (Post)
Weiner Gets Big Cash From Yellow Cab Industry on Same Day He Blasts Boro Taxis (CapNY)
The News Gets a Peek at Routes Set for Extra Service Due to MTA Budget Boost
Car-Free Streets Coming to Bayside This September (Times Ledger)
MAS: Moving MSG and Rebuilding Penn Would Spur Development Boom (Crain's)
Assembly Member Joe Borelli Wants Lane Added to West Shore Expressway (NY1)
Daily News Targets Another Judge for Placard Abuse (1, 2)
Toll-Dodging Lowlife Who Struck Verrazano Officer Caught, Has License Taken Away (News)
One of the Drivers Andrew Cuomo Pulled Over for Texting Was an Off-Duty NYPD Officer (News 12)
In the 80s, Gridlock Sam Made Up a Code So Federal Agents Wouldn't Get Parking Tickets (NYT)

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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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