Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM EDT on April 28, 2014
- Garodnick Intros Bill Requiring Businesses to Offer Pre-Tax Transit Benefit (DNA, News, WNYC, WPIX)
- TWU Deal to Cost MTA Between $525 and $650 Million Over Five Years (News)
- Oscar Pauzhi, 54, Killed on Atlantic Ave in Richmond Hill; Driver Not Charged (WNYC, WABC, TL)
- Charges Expected for Driver Who Dragged Cop, Fled Traffic Stop (News, Post)
- NYPD Seeks Hit-and-Run Cyclist Who Left Midtown Ped With Fractured Skull (News, Gothamist, NY1)
- NYPD Driver Injures Motorcyclist; “Police Source” Says Cop Had Siren On, Witness Says No (News, Post)
- At Kings Highway and 34th Street in Flatlands, Red Means “Go” to Drivers (WCBS)
- Residents Rally Outside Jamaica Muslim Center, Calling for Speed Hump on 168th Street (NY1)
- SI Assembly Member Titone’s Ped Safety Tips Might Bring Back Some Bad Memories (Advance)
- DOT, NYPD Split $800,000 Fed Safety Enforcement, Education Grant Over Three Years (CapNY, Post)
- Post Warns Readers of the Dangers of Dooring, Notes There Were Only 231 Tickets Statewide Last Year
- Take a Look at the Custom E-Trike Trailer Citi Bike Is Getting to Move Bikes Around NYC (BikePortland)
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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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