Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on February 10, 2015
- Josh Barro: Instead of Billions for Trains Slower Than Buses, How About Improving Bus Service? (NYT)
- Will Carl Heastie Be Better on Toll Reform Than Sheldon Silver? (Crain’s)
- Capital Previews Today’s City Council Hearing on Bus Rapid Transit
- Seeking More Freight to JFK, City Allows Even Longer Trucks on NYC Highways (Capital)
- Anatomy of a Bogus NYPD Bike Ticket (Brooklyn Spoke)
- If This Driver Wasn’t Drunk, He Probably Wouldn’t Need Diplomatic Immunity to Get Away (Post)
- Post Picks Up Albany Inaction on MTA Capital Plan in Coverage of de Blasio’s Budget
- Vincent Gentile in the Running with David Greenfield for Superfluous Parking Bills (News)
- Chilling Testimony From Livery Driver of Satmar Couple Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver (NYT, Post)
- Want to Get a Community Board’s Attention? Give Drivers Fake Parking Tickets (DNA)
- Some NYC Car Owners Are About to Drive for the First Time in More Than Two Weeks (WNBC)
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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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