Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EDT on May 5, 2014
- NYT Editors Give Moving First-Person Accounts of Recovering From Traffic Violence Injuries
- Tajahnae Price, 10, Hit by NYPD Driver in Brownsville; Police: She “Darted Out” (News, WNBC)
- Driver Kills Woman in Queens Blvd Crosswalk; Police: She Was Crossing Against Light (TL, News)
- St. Albans Hit-and-Run Driver Flees Police, Kills 9-Year-Old, Arrested for Homicide (News, WABC, Post)
- MTA Suspends Bus Driver for 20 Days After Rider Catches Him Texting While Driving (Advance, News)
- Flushing Van Driver Runs Red, Crashes Into MTA Bus, Injuring 10 (News, WABC, WCBS)
- State Judges Have Taxpayer-Funded Cars and Chauffeurs; “Drivers in [NYC] Are a Necessity” (TU)
- Daily News Hits It Out of the Park on Why Albany’s Speed Cam Bill Is a Drop in the Bucket
- Shutdown Looms for Hudson Rail Tunnels (CapNY) as Replacements Lie Fallow in NY, NJ (AP)
- RPA Wants MTA to Speed Up Subway Signal Upgrades, But Next City Isn’t Sure NYC Is Up to It
- Cuomo Parachuting In for TWU Deal Photo Op: “White Knight…In a Souped-Up Muscle Car” (News)
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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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