Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on October 21, 2013
- Ethel Rubenstein, 69, Killed by Driver in Borough Park Last Night (WNBC, AP)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Antonio Ramirez, 40, Where DOT Rejected Slow Zone (Post, WNBC, News)
- Witnesses: Taxi Driver Ran Red, Critically Injuring Self in Midtown Crash; NYPD: No Charges (News)
- MTA May Consider Articulated Subway Trains, Which Boosted Capacity in Toronto by 10 Percent (NYT)
- Jimmy Vacca Is Worried That DOT Won’t Expand Slow Zones Quickly Enough (Bronx Times)
- Post Ignores Biz Community Support, Seeks Out Retailers Against Amsterdam Avenue Traffic Calming
- Crain’s Looks at NYPD Contenders, Including Bratton
- Chris Ward: “The Governor Has Realized” He Can’t Fund Capital Projects on Fares and Tolls (CapNY)
- Mayoral Candidate Jack Hidary Talks Taxis, Technology and Paris Car-Share (NYT)
- Construction Begins on New SIRR Station, Replacing Two Other Stations and Adding Parking (DNA)
- To Compete With WSJ’s Rabinowitz, Someone Get Nora Ephron’s Sister on Video (NYT, Bklyn Spoke)
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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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