Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on June 13, 2014
- East Midtown Rezoning: NYT Likes de Blasio Plan; 2nd Ave. Sagas Wants It to Include New Subway
- Thruway Removes Toll Hike Item From Agenda After Gannett Asks About It
- Parking Being Redeveloped in Little Italy (Bowery Boogie), Downtown Bklyn (HotelChatter)
- Extell’s Affordable Tower Near Manhattan Bridge: 14 Stories, Including Four Stories of Parking (Lo-Down)
- A Drive-Thru Starbucks Is Just What Queens Boulevard Needs to Become More Walkable (DNA)
- NJ Transit Now Has a Plan for Where to Store Trains During a Hurricane (WNYC)
- Advance Readers Sound Off on Reckless Drivers and Their Traffic Shortcuts (1, 2)
- Espaillat Says He Regrets Voting to Repeal Commuter Tax (News)
- City Council Wants Teens on CBs (News); Oddo Wants New CB Members to Take Course (DNA)
- Wow, @ErrolLouis, Wow
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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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