Today’s Headlines
De Blasio Opens Up Big Lead in New Q Poll (NYT) Errol Louis: Criminal Charges for Reckless Drivers “Extreme,” But NYPD Needs to Staff Up CIS (News) Times Summarizes Where Mayoral Candidates Stand on Bikes, Subways, and Outer-Borough Taxis Daily News Goes on a Bike-Share Ride with Adolfo Carrión: “It Is a Bit Dangerous, Of Course” Former Koch Transportation … Continued
8:58 AM EDT on August 29, 2013
- De Blasio Opens Up Big Lead in New Q Poll (NYT)
- Errol Louis: Criminal Charges for Reckless Drivers “Extreme,” But NYPD Needs to Staff Up CIS (News)
- Times Summarizes Where Mayoral Candidates Stand on Bikes, Subways, and Outer-Borough Taxis
- Daily News Goes on a Bike-Share Ride with Adolfo Carrión: “It Is a Bit Dangerous, Of Course”
- Former Koch Transportation Commissioner Ross Sandler Chairs Newly-Revived City Club (NYT)
- 2nd Avenue Sagas: “This Group Is Going After the Fund Designed to Boost Transit Capacity”
- Brooklyn Paper Covers State DOT’s Decision to Support Ocean Parkway Pedestrian Safety Improvements
- In the Bronx, a Gruesome Case of Using a Car as a Murder Weapon (DNA, WSJ)
- Speeding Driver With Suspended License Punches Cop at Canarsie Traffic Stop (Bklyn Daily)
- Injured Queens HS Student Sues DOE for Hiring Reckless Bus Company, Failing to Stop Driver (Gazette)
- Nadler Wants City to Limit Number of “Intrusive” Double-Decker Tour Buses (NYT)
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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