Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on August 30, 2013

Yankees Parking Garage Could Be Torn Down for MLS Stadium Once Proposed for Queens (WSJ, NYT)
After Crash, Neighbors Say Mill Basin School Zone Has Too Many Speeding Drivers (Bklyn Daily)
MTA Bus Driver Kills Lyubov Angert, 82, Trying to Cross Street in East New York (News, Post, NY1)
Q Poll: Stringer Closes Gap with Spitzer; Comptroller's Race Now Dead Heat (News, Crain's, DNA)
AMNY Talks Transit With Mayoral Candidates
DOT Caves to SI Pols on Enforcing Bus Lane; Turns Off One Camera, Reviewing Others (Advance)
Upstate Editorial Boards Push Cuomo to Sign Transit Lockbox Bill (Buffalo News, Press-Republican)
2nd Avenue Sagas: This Transit Fantasy Map Is Better Than Quinn's Triboro RX Bus
Thompson Campaign Takes Its Transportation Platform to Heart (News)
NY Mag: "Is It Worth Shutting Down Two Train Lines to Save a Couple of Kittens?"
A Subway Worker on the Job Since 1948 Retires at Age 91 (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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