Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on October 8, 2013
- Nicole Gelinas, John Petro, Roger Toussaint Help Kick Off Times “Debate” on MTA Finances
- NIMBYs Oppose CB-Supported Traffic Calming in Harlem, Call Up Simone Weichselbaum (News)
- 5,000 Bike Parking Spaces, Pedestrian Plazas in Cards for Dumbo After Watchtower Deal (WSJ)
- CM Julissa Ferreras Wants Willets Point Developers to Pay for New $70 Million Highway Ramps (Crain’s)
- Police Arrest More Motor Bikers in Washington Heights Attack (DNA, News)
- DOT Installs 248 Speed Humps So Far This Year, Far Outpacing Last Year (News)
- DNA Profiles Queens Commuters Who Bike to the Subway, a Perfect Use for Bike-Share
- Bill to Loosen Bus Lane Right Turn Rules Goes to City Council Committee on Thursday (Advance)
- DOT Has Put in E-ZPass Transponders to Monitor Traffic Flow on Hylan Boulevard (Advance)
- This Small Development Site Is Next to a Major Subway Hub, But City Requires Parking (Brownstoner)
- Jimmy Vacca Wants NYPD Traffic Agents on Pelham Parkway, Poses for Amazing Bronx Times Photo
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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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