Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on March 19, 2014
- Marlene Baharlias, 77, Killed by Driver Parallel Parking in Sheepshead Bay (Post, News, Gothamist)
- NYT Takes a Deeper Look at the Death of 5-Year-Old Roshard Charles
- Hsi-Pei Liao Talks With WNYC About the Crash That Took His Daughter’s Life
- Cabbie Suffers Seizure on Queensboro Bridge, Dies in Two-Car Crash (Post, DNA, WNBC)
- SUV Driver Smashes Through Fence, Lands on Moving Q Train in Flatbush (DNA, WCBS)
- Advance Finds SI Driver Behavior Is “Disturbing” — And Chastises Pedestrians, Too (1, 2)
- NYPD’s Precinct-by-Precinct Increase in Tickets Covered by Jalopnik, Gothamist, Fox
- More Coverage of Right of Way’s “20 Is Plenty” Signs From WNBC and WPIX
- Toll Cheats Could Have Their Registrations Yanked Under Cuomo Plan (Post)
- Iris Weinshall May Take Over Prospect Park Alliance; What Will It Mean for Car-Free Park? (CapNY)
- The Weekly Carnage Has a Sibling: WNYC Begins Tracking Traffic Fatalities
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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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