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Today’s Headlines

8:53 AM EDT on May 13, 2015

    • Cuomo Admin Gives Up Push to Use Clean Water Funds on TZB Construction (NYT, Capital, TU, LoHud)
    • Cuomo Port Appointee Interested in Tolls (Capital), Unified Fares (WCBS), Moving Buses to NJ (Crain's)
    • Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Smashes Midtown Bus Shelter, Injuring One (DNA, WCBS, Gothamist)
    • State Senator Andrew Lanza Considers Run for Staten Island District Attorney (Advance)
    • De Blasio and Oklahoma City Mayor Push for Federal Transpo Bill in NYT Op-Ed
    • Amtrak Service to Philly Suspended After Train Derails, Killing at Least 6 (NYT, WCAU, Amtrak)
    • Observer to Christie, Cuomo: "It's Time to Break Out the Shovels" on Trans-Hudson Rail
    • MTA Increasing Staten Island Railroad Schedule to Coordinate With New Ferry Service (Advance)
    • Some Drivers Can't Read Big Red "No Parking" Signs and the Daily News Is On It (via Weekly Nabe)
    • Bklyn Navy Yard to Get a Whole Lot of New Parking -- Plus a Grocery Store (NYT)
    • Free Coffee and Breakfast Until 10 a.m. for Bike Commuters (Gothamist)

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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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