Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on February 26, 2015
- Second Ave Subway to East Harlem? Maybe Not, If Capital Plan Falters (NYT, Crain’s, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- On Filling Gap in MTA Capital Plan, De Blasio Tries to Keep Focus on Albany (NY1)
- Driver Arrested Under Right-of-Way Law After Jeanine Deutsch, 85, Dies of Injuries (DNA, News)
- MTA May Seek to Cut Down on Turns in Bus Routes to Reduce Pedestrian Collisions (News)
- Golden, Brook-Krasny, Malliotakis Grandstand on VNB Tolls, Ignore Move NY (Bensonhurst Bean)
- Meanwhile… Drivers Might Get Charged for Trips to Connecticut, But Not Midtown (WCBS)
- Capacity at the Port Authority Bus Terminal Is Grim, and About to Get Grimmer (Capital)
- TA and Families for Safe Streets Plan March and Rally for Safer Queens Boulevard (DNA)
- De Blasio’s PlaNYC Update to Focus on Equity, Include More Agencies, Seek More Feedback (Capital)
- Plan to Distribute Trash Burden Has Big Implications for South Bronx Truck Traffic (NY Environment)
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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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