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9:00 AM EDT on May 20, 2014

    • NYPD Two-Day Blitz Results in 5,000 Tickets (News); Police Launch Speeding Crackdown Next (WCBS)
    • Open Seats: Long-Time Albany Incumbents Joan Millman and Rhoda Jacobs Retire (Eagle, Bklyn Paper)
    • MetroCard Replacement Could Start Next Year (Post) But Might Take an Extra Year (NYT)
    • National Motorists Association Gives NY Poor Rating for Being Too Tough on Bad Drivers (TU)
    • AAA Cites Nassau's Red Light Cams As Transparency Model; Wants More Info From NYC (WCBS)
    • Video: 100 MPH Mill Basin Driver Kills Self and Passenger After Running Red (News)
    • DOT Presents Plan to Fix Intersection Where Ella Bandes Was Killed (Courier)
    • TWU Workers Ratify Contract With 82 Percent in Support (WSJ)
    • Hidden Plan for Willets Point Shows Massive Parking Lots for 6,000 Cars (Queens Chron via Curbed)
    • BP Oddo Wants You to Apply to Be on a Staten Island Community Board (Advance)
    • Moving On: MAS Staffer to Direct Land Use at Council (News); TLC Policy Chief Moves to Uber (NYT)

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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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