Today’s Headlines
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9:01 AM EDT on September 13, 2012
- Today Is Primary Day; Here’s the Need-to-Know Information Before Going to the Polls (News)
- Lhota: Days of MetroCard Discounts May Be Numbered (WSJ, NYT, News)
- CB 3 Transportation Committee Says “No” to Essex Street Curbside Bus Stop (Lo-Down, DNA, NY1)
- Video of Marilyn Dershowitz Crash Doesn’t Match Driver’s Account (DNA)
- Michael Powell’s NYT Column Sparks Another Story of Negligent NYPD Investigations (Forbes)
- Blind Man Struck By Cyclist in Central Park Files ADA Suit Over Enforcement (Daily News)
- Driver Hits Cyclist, Two Trucks, Parked Car, Falls 30 Feet in Construction Pit (NYT, DNA, NY1)
- Knicks Point Guard Jason Kidd Says He Will Fight Hamptons Drunk-Driving Charge (Post)
- DOT Installs New On-Street Bike Parking on Allen Street in Lower East Side (Bowery Boogie)
- Two Arrested for Beating Homeless Man in Street Before He Was Hit by Driver in St. George (Post)
- Mark Your Calendars: Cortelyou Road Traffic Calming Forum Set for October 11 (Ditmas Park Corner)
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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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