Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EST on February 18, 2014
- News Explores Why So Many of City’s Ped Signals Show “Walk” and “Don’t Walk” at Once
- Bratton Set to Unveil Policy Changes for How NYPD Engages With Public by End of March (DNA)
- City-Managed Sidewalks Near LIE Remain Unshoveled After Weeks of Complaints (News, NY1)
- Inwood Man Organizes Volunteers to Shovel Sidewalks (DNA)
- Queens Courier Profiles Cristina Furlong of Make Queens Safer
- Ridgewood, Glendale Set to Get First Phase of Bike Lane Plan This Summer (Courier via Brownstoner)
- Bike Lanes, Sharrows Proposed for 18 Blocks of Bond Street in Gowanus, Boerum Hill (DNA)
- DOT Installs Stop Sign Outside Battery Park City School Where Crossing Guard Was Hit (DNA)
- CB 3, LES Electeds Call for Ped Safety Fixes at Delancey and Pitt Street (Downtown Express)
- Curbed Goes for a Tour of the Historic City Hall Subway Station
- The Post Is Itching to Ride Citi Bike, Notes That Many Stations Remain Frozen in Snow and Ice
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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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