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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on April 28, 2015

    • MTA Board Sees Steep Fare Hikes If Albany Doesn't Act on Funding for Capital Plan (NYT, WCBS, PIX)
    • Daily News Coverage Blames MTA for Fare Hikes; Russianoff Sets Paper Straight (1, 2)
    • Melinda Katz, Legislators Come Out Against Move NY But Don't Offer Their Own Solution (Observer)
    • DOT Caves to Mark Treyger, Shifts Location of Shore Parkway Speed Cam (Bklyn Daily)
    • Truck Driver Seriously Injured After Smashing Parked Cars, Building in Hell's Kitchen (Post, DNA)
    • Transit Beat Reporter Pete Donohue Is Leaving the Daily News (Capital)
    • State's Chief Judge Backs Summons Reform; Says Bicycling on Sidewalk Shouldn't Be Criminal (Capital)
    • Two Die in High-Speed Fresh Meadows Car Crash (News); Driver Critically Injured on LIE (Post)
    • The Transport Politic Questions Whether de Blasio's Utica Ave Subway Extension Is a Wise Investment
    • Malcolm Gladwell Focuses on How to Build a Safer Car, Rather Than Safer Streets (New Yorker)
    • Reckless Driving is Just a Bunch of LOLs to the Staten Island Advance

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Stephen Miller
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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