Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on March 24, 2014
- Alta Failing to Hold Up Its End of Citi Bike Contract (News)
- De Blasio: Move NY Plan Has “Interesting and Innovative Ideas” (WCBS)
- Pei Yao Wu, 82, Killed by Driver in Sheepshead Bay (Bklyn Daily, News)
- 16-Year-Old Brownsville Skateboarder in Serious Condition (News); NY1: “The Victim Darted Out”
- Taxi Driver Jumps Curb on 34th St, Seriously Injuring 26-Year-Old Woman on Sidewalk (WABC, WNBC)
- 27-Year-Old Man in Serious Condition After Livery Driver Hits Him in Astoria Crosswalk (News, WABC)
- Pedestrian Suffers Minor Injuries After NYPD Pursues Driver on Chase Through Manhattan (Post)
- DWI for Brooklyn Dad After Injuring Son (News, Post) and Off-Duty NYPD Cop in Woodside (TL, News)
- News: Port Should Focus on Transpo; PA Board Member Wants Revamped Bus Terminal (Crain’s)
- Jamaica Center BID Proposes Plaza in Area Currently Used as Commuter Van Pick-Up Point (DNA)
- Vincent Gentile and Ritchie Torres Propose Giving Parking Placards Back to CB Chairs (Bx Times)
- Nyack Residents Revolt Against Parking Lot and Landing for TZB Bike-Ped Path (LoHud, NYT)
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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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