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Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on August 25, 2015

    • City’s Own Data Shows Fewer Injuries at Times Square After Plazas Installed (WSJ)
    • Six Injured When Casino Bus Crashes Into Rego Park Building (NYT, News, Post, NY1, DNA, WNBC)
    • Schumer Wants $550 Million in Sandy Relief Funds to Repair East River Rail Tunnels (News, Post)
    • Cuomo in Letter to Times: "I Actually Want to Get the Tunnel Done"
    • Uber Wants You to Know It Pays Sales Taxes, But Not the 50 Cent MTA Fee (NY1)
    • As Drivers Switch to Uber, Unused Taxis Stored on Greenpoint Streets (Gothamist via WCBS)
    • Washington Post Covers the Campaign to Use "Crash" Instead of "Accident"
    • Flushing Residents Want Better Transit, More Parks With Flushing West Rezoning (YIMBY)
    • More Coverage of Fixes at Atlantic and Washington (DNA, AMNY, WCBS, AYR, Gothamist)
    • Pedestrian Island Under Construction on E. Gun Hill Road in the Bronx (Norwood News)

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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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