Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EST on November 8, 2013
- In Daily News Op-Ed, Parents of Allison Liao Ask de Blasio to Stop Preventable Deaths Like Hers
- De Blasio Might Have a Clear Inequality Message, But on Transpo He’s All Noise, No Signal (CapNY)
- Speaker’s Race Heats Up; de Blasio Reportedly Pulling for Mark-Viverito (C&S, Observer, CapNY)
- WSJ Guesses Who Might Get Promoted From Within for DOT Commissioner
- Upstate Transit Systems Look to Swap in Sales Tax Revenue for More Stable Budgets (CapNY)
- Thruway Tolls Won’t Rise to Cover TZB Until After 2014; Finance Task Force Still MIA (LoHud)
- News Finds “Little Controversy” at CB Meeting OK’ing DOT’s Plan for Community-Suggested Bike Lanes
- EDC Unveils Renderings for East River Greenway Gap, With 2025 Completion Date (Curbed, DNA)
- Watch Out, Citi Bike: Chicago’s Divvy Has Plans to Become Nation’s Largest Bike-Share (WNYC)
- Want to Demagogue Against Something Happening on 125th Street? Bill Perkins Is Your Guy (News)
- NYC HS Students Have Little Sympathy for de Blasios About a 60-Minute Commute to School (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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