Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on July 17, 2015
- Empire Center: Hefty Labor Costs Strain MTA Budget (TU, News, Post)
- Cuomo Ducks Responsibility for the MTA’s Woes (Capital) and the Post Is Not Impressed
- Will the MTA Build Future Phases of Second Ave Subway If It Can’t Afford To? (Gotham Gazette)
- TLC Weighs $4.50 Evening Rush Hour Surcharge for JFK Trips to Encourage Cabbies (Post, News)
- Mark-Viverito, Rodriguez Took in Cash From Taxi Interests Before Backing Uber Cap Proposal (Post)
- Latest Round of Woodhaven Bus Lanes Coming Later This Month (Times Newsweekly)
- Advance Somehow Thinks It’s a Good Thing There Are No SBS Bus Lanes on 86th Street
- Councilman Matteo and BP Oddo Have a “Solution” for S.I. Traffic: New Roads (Advance)
- In Response to Tribeca Proposal, CB 1 Committee Members Grumble About Plazas (Downtown Express)
- DSNY Wants Garage to Store Trash Trucks Off Streets, But Kips Bay NIMBYs Oppose It (WCBS)
- LES Driver Charged With Assault After Knocking Down Woman With Car During Argument (DNA)
- Illegally-Parked SUV Blocks Ambulance on Hamilton Heights Side Street (News)
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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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