Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on September 13, 2013

Bill Thompson Will Stay in Race, Wait for Results of Recount (Observer)
TLC Touts Increase in Tickets From Its GPS and Credit Card Data Systems (News)
Bayside Village BID Wants City-Funded Parking Garage (Times Ledger)
Willets Point United to de Blasio: Stop EDC's Parking Lot "Redevelopment" Project
Church Avenue Set to Receive Curb Extensions, Street Trees, New Sidewalks (Ditmas Park Corner)
2nd Avenue Sagas: Want to Get Millennials (or Anyone) on Buses? Make Them Faster
Treating Stop Signs as Optional: Where's the NYPD Sting? (MTR)
Jersey City Sets Aside $1 Million for Speed Humps, Bike Lanes, Street Restriping (BIKAS)
NY-Area Congressional Representatives Sound Alarm on Transit Commuter Benefit (Advance)
John Samuelsen Stumps for Joe Lhota, Kind Of (News)
Now That's a Brazen Bike Thief (DNA)

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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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