Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on April 16, 2014
- City Hall Talking With Yankees About Soccer Stadium Deal on Failed Parking Garage (CapNY)
- State DOT Sidesteps Key Funding and Policy Issues in Complete Streets Report (MTR)
- SUV Driver Crashes Head-On Into MTA Express Bus on First Avenue in Midtown, Injuring Two (WNBC)
- MTA to Repair Long-Closed Subway Entrance at Dyckman Street, Make Building Owner Pay (DNA)
- Anti-Carriage Group Releases Electric Car Design; Tabloids Are Unimpressed (WNYC, Post, News)
- NYU to Monitor Pedestrian Traffic (But Not Parking?) at Hudson Yards (Crain’s)
- Architects Design Futuristic Development Above Woodside LIRR Station for Competition (Post, Curbed)
- NYT Covers TLC’s Request for Information on Black Boxes and Anti-Speeding Tech
- A Look at the Robert Moses Plan to Build a Highway Through Washington Square Park (Ephemeral NY)
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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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