Today’s Headlines
Paul Steely White Daily News Op-Ed: Bike-Share Naysayers Will Be Proven Wrong Soon Enough NY1 Call-In Show Talks Bike-Share Two Nights In a Row, Featuring Our Own Ben Fried on Night 2 (1, 2) Driver With Learner’s Permit Backs Onto Park Slope Sidewalk, Injuring 3 Children (Post) For the Daily News, Even a Drunk Driving Crash That … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on May 16, 2013
- Paul Steely White Daily News Op-Ed: Bike-Share Naysayers Will Be Proven Wrong Soon Enough
- NY1 Call-In Show Talks Bike-Share Two Nights In a Row, Featuring Our Own Ben Fried on Night 2 (1, 2)
- Driver With Learner’s Permit Backs Onto Park Slope Sidewalk, Injuring 3 Children (Post)
- For the Daily News, Even a Drunk Driving Crash That Injured Paper’s Reporter Is an “Accident”
- DOT’s Bay Ridge 4th Avenue Road Diet Includes… Pedestrian Fences? (Bklyn Paper, Home Reporter)
- Judge Blocks Taxi Of Tomorrow Over City Rules Requiring Hybrid Cabs (NYT)
- City Announces Free Weekend Ferry Service From Pier 11 to Red Hook (DNA)
- MTA Tests Inflatable Plug to Prevent Subway Flooding (News)
- Facing Legal Hurdles, Ride-Sharing Apps Shut Down in New York (WSJ)
- A First-Person Account of Being Groped on the Subway (NYT)
- Gothamist (1,2) and Brooklyn Spoke Join Cycling Etiquette Debate
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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