Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EST on January 3, 2014
- Xiaoci Hu, 75, Killed After Driver Rear-Ends Vehicle Stopped for Him in Sunset Park (WCBS)
- Unidentified Man, 53, Killed by Driver While Crossing Southern Boulevard in Belmont (News)
- Private Sanitation Truck Driver Crashes on Midtown Sidewalk Into Scaffolding; No Injuries (WABC)
- Broken Windows: SI Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Suspended License, Drugs, Illegal Gun (Advance)
- Driver Arrested for Suspended License After Flushing Crash on NYE That Killed Another Driver (TL)
- De Blasio Defends Keeping Kimball on at EDC (Observer); What Will It Mean for Parking Policy?
- MTA Applies for $1 Billion FRA Loan to Fast-Track Positive Train Control Installation (WSJ)
- WNYC Covers Bratton and de Blasio’s Words on NYPD’s “Intensive Focus” on Traffic Violence
- Brooklyn Paper Covers Trottenberg’s Impromptu Meeting With Victims’ Families at Inauguration
- Taxi Medallion Owners File Two End-of-Year Lawsuits Against Boro Taxis, Healthcare Fund (CapNY)
- Now That He’s Mayor, de Blasio Says He Really Misses Driving Himself to Work (NYT)
- City Limits: Bike Lane Expansion One of Bloomberg’s Best Ideas, Yankee Stadium Among Worst
- Must Listen: On WNYC Segment About Community Boards, Bettie Kollock-Wallace Talks Bike Lanes
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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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