Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EDT on September 17, 2012
- Gitzella Katz, 93, Killed by Williamsburg Driver Backing Up for Parking; No Charges (Post, News)
- Bronx Hit-and-Run Driver Ditches Vehicle After Leaving 24 Year-Old in Critical Condition (Post, News)
- Midtown Driver Hits Van, Injures Five; Charged with Drunk Driving and Vehicular Assault (News)
- 26 Year-Old Motorcyclist Pinned Between Taxi, Tour Bus in Harlem, Dies (Post, News, DNA, NY1)
- Truck Driver on Trial for Marilyn Dershowitz Death Says He Had No Idea He Ran Her Over (Post, DNA)
- Daily News Letter Writer: NYC Is Unsafe for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Are to Blame
- Norman Steisel Wants NYC Bike-Share to Be All It Can Be (News)
- Under Pressure from Neighbors, the Met Cuts Fifth Avenue Plaza Seating by Two-Thirds (Post)
- Assemblyman Tom Abinanti Calls for Modified Tappan Zee Plan; Rejected by Thruway (LoHud)
- TLC Unveils Dispatch for Riders Wanting One of 223 Accessible Cabs (NY1, Post, Gothamist, DNA)
- Without Extra Medallion Revenue, City Budget Cuts Will Be Steep (CapNY, WSJ, WNYC, Post)
- In Queens, Parking Spaces Are Used as Car Sales Lots, Angering Residents (DNA)
- Queens, Brooklyn Dollar Vans Carry Enough Passengers to Be 20th Largest Bus System in U.S. (WSJ)
- New Developer-Funded Barclays Center Subway Entrance Opens Today (News, NY1)
- Advertising on Subways and Buses Is Seemingly Everywhere, and the Times Is On It
- Demonstration for Delancey Underground “Lowline” Park Opens on Lower East Side (Post)
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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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