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8:58 AM EDT on June 9, 2015
- WNYC on MTA Capital Plan: “Cuomo’s Office Did Not Respond to a Request for Comment”
- Feds Say 2nd Avenue Subway Will Open a Year Later Than MTA Target (WNBC)
- Moshe Shlomo Grun, 59, Dies of Injuries After Being Struck By Van Driver on UWS (JP Updates)
- Pedestrians Injured After Uber Driver Crashes in Midtown (DNA, WNBC); Post, News Cite Seizure
- Four Injured in Two-Car Crash Involving Police Van Driver on Ocean Pkwy (Sheepshead Bites via Post)
- Pat Foye Faces Uphill Battle in Trenton in Bid to Be Named Port Authority CEO (Capital)
- City IBO: MTA Not Spending Sandy Recovery Money Very Quickly (News)
- Bills From Peralta and Simotas Would Regulate Motorized Bicycles, Scooters (TL)
- The Wheelchair-Accessible Subway Map Is Pretty Grim (DNA)
- Construction Progressing on East Village Plaza and Cab Stand (Bowery Boogie)
- MTA to Goldfeder: “We Don’t Have Any Flying Buses That Can Just Swoop in From the Sky” (Q Chron)
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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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