Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EDT on May 14, 2014
- Where NYC and Sweden Differ on Vision Zero: How Much Can Road Design Solve? (NYT)
- 78th Precinct Tells Officers to Stop Using Sidewalk as Personal Parking Lot (News)
- Oddo’s Transportation Task Force Is Really Focused on Potholes and Repaving (Advance)
- MTA to Offer Free Transfer Between G and JMZ Trains During Greenpoint Tube Closure (News)
- Bill in Albany Would Add Automated Enforcement Against Drivers Who Pass School Buses (TU)
- Hoylman Bill Would Upgrade Hit-and-Run Charges for Cyclists to Be Same As for Drivers (Villager)
- More Coverage of Safety Fixes at 96th and Broadway (News, WCBS, DNA, NY1, Gothamist)
- Ferry Launches Between West 44th and WFC, Seeks Real Estate Sponsor (Post via 2nd Avenue Sagas)
- Obama Visits Tappan Zee Bridge Today to Push Congress for Transportation Funding (WCBS)
- Doctoroff Revives Olympics Push; Cuomo Reportedly Interested As Meetings Begin With de Blasio (FT)
- Alec Baldwin Reminds the Post How Much It Wants to See NYPD Focus Resources on Ticketing Cyclists
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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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