Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on October 16, 2013

Lhota, de Blasio Face Off For First Time in General Election Debate (NYT, News)
What's in Store for NYC's Bike Network After Bloomberg Leaves Office? (WSJ)
Gotham Gazette Looks at How the Next Mayor Could Bring More Revenue to the MTA
NYPD Touts Murder-Free Week (Post), But Doesn't Talk About the Three Kids Killed by Drivers
Sarah Goodyear: "We Need to Move Forward From Fatalism" Over Traffic Deaths (Atlantic Cities)
Bike-Share Court Case Has Jim Walden Arguing for Cycling as Transportation (News, Post, Bklyn Spoke)
SI North Shore Electeds Defend BRT Funding After Borelli Questions Sandy Connection (Advance)
Atlantic Cities Talks Paid Street Parking Permits for NYC; Ditmas Park Corner Running a Poll on It
Uptowner Uses Inwood Precinct's Lack of Speeding Enforcement to Question Need for Slow Zone
First Avenue Repaving in East Harlem and UES Wraps Up (WNYC)
Metropolitan Diary Has a Story of an Injured Cyclist Returning a Good Samaritan's Favor (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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