Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on February 27, 2014
- Ravitch Blasts Cuomo’s Verrazano Toll Cut, But MTA Board Approves It (News, NYT, WSJ, WNYC)
- BK CB 12 Members Raise Concerns About Ocean Parkway as State DOT Plans Safety Fixes (Bklyn Daily)
- TZB Transit Report Tomorrow Has “No Surprises and No Guarantees” (LoHud, Times Herald-Record)
- Illegal Parkers Whine About Tickets Next to “Empty” UWS Bike Lane (Post)
- Another Gem from Simone Weichselbaum About Bike-Share’s Slow Uptown Expansion (News)
- WNYC Covers City Council’s Push for 20 MPH Citywide Speed Limit
- Construction Lobby Uses Potholes, Vision Zero as Hook for Investment (News, Crain’s, WABC)
- Antonio Reynoso Talks Bushwick Rezoning With the Observer
- News Editorial Blasts $4 Billion WTC PATH Station as “Lavish, Extravagant, Foolish”
- Bratton Meets With Port Authority Over WTC Street-Level Security (DNA)
- Cops in Bike Lanes in the Brooklyn Paper
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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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