Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on July 24, 2014
- Related Companies Venture Set to Purchase Alta Bicycle Share, Nearly Double Size of Citi Bike (WSJ)
- From Signals to Wi-Fi to Countdown Clocks, MTA Lags Other Systems on Technology (City & State)
- Have Some Input for the MTA Reinvention Commission? The Times Wants to Hear It
- Port Will Spend $90 Million on Bus Terminal for Fixes, Not Expansion (NYT, WSJ, Star-Ledger)
- City & State Skeptical of Whether Cuomo Is Serious About Structural Reforms to Port and MTA
- Many Vehicles on Woodhaven Stay Parked for Weeks or Months at a Time (Forum)
- City Planning Commission Reviews Plan to Expand SI Mall, Reduce Parking (Advance, Observer)
- 13-Year-Old Cyclist Struck By Cabbie on Life Support (West Side Rag)
- Off-Duty Newark Police Officer Chases Family, Pulls Gun After Road Rage Incident (Star-Ledger)
- California Considers Using Amber Alerts to Notify Public of Hit-and-Run Drivers (LAT)
- Free Parking Is Scarce Parking, and Scarce Parking Makes People Go Insane (WCBS)
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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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