Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on January 31, 2014
- Cooper Stock’s Uncle Wants Focus on Deadly Drivers; DOT Floats Turn Ban at 96th and B’way (News)
- Manhattan CBs List 57 Dangerous Places to Cross the Street; Brewer Sends List to City Agencies (News)
- Flushing CB Leadership Hates What the City’s Done to Make Crossing College Point Blvd Safer (TL)
- Prendergast: To Fund Union Pay Raises, Riders Would Shoulder Bigger Fare Increase Next Year (News)
- Thruway’s Madison on TZB: “We Do Not Have a Complete Financing Plan for the Bridge” (TU)
- McDonald Dumps Cold Water on Cuomo’s I-98 Dreams, But Says DOT Will Study It Again (WMHT)
- HSR is Such a Priority for State DOT That It Didn’t Know the Feds Had Released a Study on It (CapNY)
- Imagine if EDC, the Mayor, and Council Devoted as Much Time to BRT as Ferries (2nd Avenue Sagas)
- At Inauguration, Constantinides Calls for Astoria Ferries, Vision Zero, Vernon Blvd SBS (TL)
- Bad Idea: To Prevent Gentrification, Reynoso Wants to Downzone Along JMZ Line (Times Newsweekly)
- Meet East Flatbush’s Dancing Crossing Guard (News 12 via Ditmas Park Corner, Observer)
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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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