Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM EDT on August 14, 2013
- Kenneth Yard, 65, Killed in Front of His Wife by MTA Bus Driver on Rockaway Blvd (WABC, Post)
- De Blasio Takes Lead (NYT, News, CapNY); Last Night’s Debate Didn’t Touch Transpo (WABC, NY Mag)
- Mark-Viverito, Espaillat, and Levine Ask DOT to Back 125th Street SBS Plans (MTR)
- MTA Trying to Cut $270,000 Annually on Cars Used to Fetch Bus Drivers (News)
- Citi Bike Suing Its Insurer for $6 Million on Top of $5 Million Recovered From Sandy Losses (WNYC)
- Cap’n Transit Runs Some Back-of-Envelope Bike-Share Financials
- Stephen Smith: Improve Penn With Through-Trains and Grand Central Connection (Observer)
- FreshDirect Clears Land Use Hurdle in South Bronx, Opening Gates for $138 Million Subsidy (News)
- NYPD Officer Pleads Not Guilty to DWI Charge in Wrong-Way LI Crash (WCBS)
- More New Yorkers Live and Work in Same Borough Than a Decade Ago (News, Partnership for NYC)
- Countdown Clocks on Tap for Busy SI Intersection (Advance)
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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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