Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on February 12, 2015
- CBS Reporter Bob Simon, Passenger in Town Car, Killed in West Side Highway Crash (NYT, News, Post)
- DOT Improves Lincoln Square Bowtie Plan With Columbus Avenue Bike Lane Extension (DNA)
- Uptown Residents Want More Protected Bike Lanes as Citi Bike Plans Expansion (Spectator)
- MTA Already Has More Debt Than Cuba, Syria, at Least 30 Other Nations (News, Post)
- Yet Funding the Capital Plan Doesn’t Seem High on the Agenda (Advance, 2nd Ave Sagas, Crain’s 1, 2)
- Ratner May Build Tower on Site of Barclays Center Plaza at Atlantic and Flatbush (AY Report via Curbed)
- NJ, S.I., East River Ferry Services Saw Ridership Increase About 7 Percent Last Year (Post)
- Vallone, Koo, Ferreras Want de Blasio to Extend Ferry Plan to Flushing Bay (TL)
- Sunnyside Yards Housing Plan: Community Board Is Wary (TL); Cuomo Is Combative (NYT)
- Holly Leicht Urges Bronxites to Stop Attacking Plan to Extend Hudson River Greenway (Riverdale Press)
- NYPD Replacing Three-Wheeled Motor Scooters With Smart Cars (Post, 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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