Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EST on January 29, 2014
- Police Pull Over Bronx Driver for Failure to Yield; He Flees and Crashes; OxyContin Found in Car (Post)
- Residents Give 78th Precinct’s Failure-to-Yield Sting Good Reviews (Post, News)
- UWS Precinct Puts Up Posters (Twitter), Blames Pedestrians for “Running Out and Being Struck” (DNA)
- NYPD’s Jaywalking Obsession Gets Attention of the AP: “What New Yorker Hasn’t Jaywalked?”
- NYU Students Install Addition to Crossing Signal That Scolds Against Jaywalking (Gothamist)
- Ydanis Rodriguez Lays Out Priorities; Committee Set to Override Hit-and-Run Veto Today (Observer)
- Citi Bike Has Averaged 9,600 Trips Each Day So Far This January, Despite Cold and Snow (NYT)
- Westchester Lawmaker Fails to Grasp the Irony in Naming TZB After Pete Seeger (NY1, WFUV)
- Greg David: What de Blasio’s Really Fighting for Is Home Rule, for Speed Cams and More (Crain’s)
- Why Did a Flushing McDonald’s Become a Flashpoint? Kimmelman: It’s About Social Public Space (NYT)
- BP Oddo: SI Drivers Should Be Able to Use Snow as an Excuse to Drive in Bus Lanes (Advance)
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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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