Today’s Headlines
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8:53 AM EDT on September 25, 2015
- Richard Ravitch Talks Some Sense About the MTA Funding Drama (NY1 via MTR)
- NYT Profiles Tom Prendergast, Team Cuomo Surrogate
- MTA Readies Cuts to Capital Program If Funding Doesn’t Materialize (Post)
- Staten Island Advocates Still Hopeful Capital Program Will Include North Shore BRT (Advance)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Still on the Loose After Killing 89-Year-Old in Throggs Neck (Bx Times)
- More Coverage of Port Authority Bus Terminal Inaction (NYT, Politico, NJ.com, WCBS)
- Meet the New Bronx DA, Courtesy of the Bronx County Democratic Party (NYT, News 1, 2)
- State DOT: Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement Is On Schedule (Bklyn Paper)
- New Traffic Signal and Crosswalks in South Beach (Advance), Speed Hump in Castle Hill (Bx Times)
- Some Bike Thieves Are Downright Savage (DNA)
- Does NYC DOT Really Think a Gift Certificates Sweepstakes Will Reduce Car Use? (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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