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8:58 AM EDT on May 30, 2014

More on City Council Passing Vision Zero Bills (NYT, News, CapNY, Advance, WNYC, NY1, WPIX)
Grieving Family of Noshat Nahian Thanks City Council for New Laws (WPIX)
Justin Davidson: Traffic Safety Should Not Be Controversial, But We're a Long Way From Zero (NY Mag)
Father of Boy Run Over by Truck in Morningside Park: "Some Things Can Be Prevented" (News)
Driver Critically Injures Flatbush Boy, 11 (NY1, News); Post: "He Ran Onto a Busy Street...No Criminality"
Because of Albany, Speed Cams Shut Off When Crashes Are at Their Highest (WNYC)
Anatomy of a Capital Project Delay: The 7 Train Extension's Custom Diagonal Elevator (NYT)
Tower Proposal Next to Grand Central Includes Turning Vanderbilt Ave. Into Plaza (NYT, WSJ)
Next City Went to the Citi Bike Data Hack Night to Learn About Tools and Apps for Bike-Share Users
If Cycling Is Such a Menace, Why Do People Walk in NYC's Bike Lanes? (Bike Snob)

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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