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Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on August 1, 2013

    • Renee Thompson, 16, Killed By Turning Tractor-Truck Driver on UES; No Arrests (News)
    • Alleged Drunk Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Death of Woman Clinging to Car (Times Ledger)
    • EDC Seeking Proposals for Development of Seaport City (Crain's, CapNY, WNYC)
    • MTA Tells Maloney It's Committed to Phase 2 of Second Avenue Subway (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • MTA Now Has Less Insurance for Disasters Than It Did Before Sandy (WNYC)
    • Taxi Association Files Suit in Another Attempt to Block Taxi of Tomorrow (WSJ)
    • Observer and Next City Report on the Forum for Urban Design's Next New York Proposals
    • MetroCard "Green Fee" Has Raised Almost $11 Million Since March, Cut Number of Cards Sold (News)
    • 2nd Ave Sagas: Is The R Train Ferry to Sunset Park Viable or Necessary?
    • Urban Omnibus on Why SBS Is Not "True" Bus Rapid Transit
    • Diktator Al-Assad Launches Syrian Bike-Share Program (The Onion)

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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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