Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EST on December 4, 2013
- Traffic Safety Forum Attracts 100 Park Slopers Wanting Action, But No Promises From City (Bklyn Paper)
- Staten Island Officials Don’t Want Bus Lane Cameras Fixed — They Want Them Removed (Advance)
- MNR Engineer Says He “Lost Focus” (NYT, WSJ)
- News Details the History of Sleepy (Transit) Drivers Not Getting Charged or Convicted for Deadly Crashes
- FRA Pushes Train Control Tech (WNYC, Next City); Gelinas: MNR Has a Safety Problem (City Journal)
- Bloomberg: Transit Infrastructure and Safety Upgrades Require Funding (CapNY)
- Port Authority’s Chief of Capital Planning Joins Line of Top Officials Heading for the Exit (Crain’s)
- New Commanding Officer Takes Over at Astoria’s 114th Precinct (DNA)
- City Continues to Roll Out Parking Meter to Bike Rack Conversions (Ditmas Park Corner)
- NYT Looks at Unused Subway Stations at City Hall and Bergen Street
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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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