Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on June 26, 2013
- Speeding Is Like a Contagious Disease, And NYC Isn’t Doing Enough Vaccination (News)
- 20 Mobile Speed Cams Will Be Rotated to Different High-Priority Schools By End of Year (WNYC, News)
- Weiner Takes Lead in New Mayoral Poll (WSJ 1, 2)
- De Blasio: Bike Lanes Worth Removal of Parking, Traffic Lanes (CBS)
- Mark-Viverito, Weprin, Garodnick, Palma, Vacca, Dickens Vying for Council Speakership (Observer)
- The Post Is Sure Its War Against Bike-Share Station Is Doomed Because Ed Skyler Lives in Soho
- “Law Enforcement Source” to Post: Jay-Z Concert in Street on B’Way Will Be “Off The Hook”
- Two Drivers Want to Join Flimsy Red Light Cam Suit, and the News Has It Covered
- Lander Trying to Fast-Track Safety Plan for Deadly Ocean Parkway Corner (Ditmas Park Corner)
- Jersey City Police Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Cyclist Natasha Caicedo, 34 (WSJ)
- After Getting Cut Off, Driver Stabs Man at Flatbush and Myrtle (Bklyn Paper)
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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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