Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on March 13, 2013
- NY Court Decisions Make It Tough for Serious Deadly Driving Charges to Stick (NYT)
- NYPD Stonewalls Family Asking for Video of Police Driver Fatally Striking Ryo Oyamada (Gothamist)
- Brooklyn Judge Refused to Suspend Julio Acevedo’s License After Prior Drunk Driving Bust (News)
- Drunk Driver Given Up to 7 Years for Killing Construction Worker on Grand Central Parkway (Advance)
- ITDP Update: Select Bus Service Continues to Fall Short of BRT Standard (CapNY, News)
- A Day After Bronx DA Jackson Gets Ticket, Manhattan DA Vance’s SUV Gets One Too (CapNY)
- Quinn Supports Speed Cams, Mum on Red Light Cams (CapNY, Advance, News, TransNat, Post)
- $400,000 in State DUI Grants Will Pay for 10 New NYPD Crash Investigators (Post, Gothamist)
- New Photos from MTA Show Off Fulton Center Construction Progress (Gothamist)
- Most Trains May Be Back, But Behind-the-Scenes Sandy Repairs Will Take Time (TransNat, WSJ, DNA)
- Tribeca Plaza in Line for Capital Reconstruction (Tribeca Trib)
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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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