Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EDT on June 6, 2014
- Will Albany Let New York City Prevent Traffic Deaths? (New Yorker)
- Two-Way Jamaica Hills Street to Go One-Way for “Safety,” But Without Traffic Calming (TL)
- Midtown Livery Driver Crushed by Own Car After Exiting, Accidentally Hitting Gas (DNA, NY1, Post)
- Tri-State Looks at What’s Missing in NYPD Crash Data (MTR)
- Rockaway Beach Deli Installs Camera (But No Bus Time Info) So Patrons Don’t Miss Bus (DNA)
- Bronx Dirt Biker Launches $30 Million Lawsuit After Sustaining Injuries in NYPD Chase (DNA)
- Uber Expands With Request to Open Two More Black Car Bases (CapNY)
- Spectator Covers CB 10’s Vote in Support of Morningside Avenue Road Diet
- Dear Metropolitan Diary: Where Have All the Bike Couriers Gone? (NYT)
- Cap’n Transit Has a Routing Idea for Staten Island North Shore Transit
- Citi Bike’s First “Fatality” Caused by Airborne Shark (Gothamist)
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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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