Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM EDT on August 18, 2015
- Christie and Foxx — But Not Cuomo — Meet to Discuss Hudson Rail Tunnel (AP, WSJ)
- Keeping Woodhaven Buses Stuck in Traffic Does Not Make Them Faster. Duh. (Q Chron)
- Top Complaint Downtown: Too Much Space Devoted to Cars, Overcrowded Sidewalks (DNA)
- CB 7 Releases Survey on What Upper West Siders Think of West End Av Road Diet (West Side Rag)
- Brooklyn Paper Writes Up DOT’s Long-Delayed Pulaski Bridge Bike Path
- Ben Wellington Crunches New Taxi Data, and the New Yorker Goes for Sensationalist Headline
- NYPD: Speeding Likely Contributed to Fatal Motorcycle Crash (Advance)
- Livery Cab Drivers Meet With City to Discuss Growth of E-Hail Services (NY1)
- The Marshall Project Finds NYPD Traffic Enforcement Still Focused on Tinted Windows
- Removing the Fence Around Bryant Park Makes Adjacent Sidewalks Much Nicer (Urban Residue)
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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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