Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EDT on May 12, 2014
- Woodhaven SBS Could Feature Physically-Separated Bus Lanes (News via 2nd Avenue Sagas)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man Working in Street at Gowanus Auto Body Shop (News, DNA, NY1)
- Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Cyclist on Rockaway Blvd in Ozone Park (News, WNBC, WPIX)
- U-Turning Livery Driver Injures Child on Sidewalk, Smashes Barber Shop (News, Gothamist, News 12)
- Blocks Away, Driver Flips Car, Injures Six, Flees, Gets Arrested (Post, News, WCBS, WABC, News 12)
- Confused Flushing Merchants Complain About Traffic, Ask for More Free Curbside Parking (TL)
- Paul Vallone Bill Would Require DOT to Post “No Trucks” Signs on Some Streets (Queens Gazette)
- Citing WTC PATH and Non-Transportation Projects, News Offers Its Own Port Authority Reforms
- No One’s Proposing It, But Lanza and Titone Intro Bill to Prohibit Tolls on SI Expressway (Advance)
- Even Albany Has to Go to Albany for Red Light Cams (TU 1, 2) and Parking Permit Renewal (TU)
- Obama’s NY Visit Will Highlight Tappan Zee Bridge on Wednesday (LoHud)
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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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