Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:59 AM EST on December 2, 2013
- Metro-North Derailment Kills Four, Injures 63; NTSB Launches Investigation (NYT 1, 2, WSJ, Post)
- Three Peds, One Cyclist Killed in 30 Minutes in Three Boros on Wednesday (NYT, Post, Gothamist, WPIX)
- They Include: Pedro Lopez, 54 (DNA, TL), Lizette Sorrano, 59, and Marion Anderson, 47 (Advance)
- NYPD Traffic Agent, 71, Killed; Ray Kelly: It’s an Accident on a Dangerous Job (NYT, Post, News, DNA)
- Post Spotlights Rising Number of NYC Pedestrian Deaths in Front Page Story
- Errol Louis: Ending Carnage on Streets “A Fight Worth Having” for Bill de Blasio (News)
- 20 MPH Speed Limit Booster David Greenfield Still Wants City to Stop Writing Parking Tickets (WCBS)
- Richard Brodsky Still Defending NYC’s Regressive Toll System (WCBS)
- TZB Transit Focuses on Route 59; McDonald: Existing Ridership Too Low to Offer More Service (LoHud)
- Daily News Editorial Supports Assembly Member Goldfeder’s Study of Rockaway Branch Rail Service
- Brooklyn Paper Puts Out Word of Tuesday’s Street Safety Forum in Park Slope
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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