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8:53 AM EDT on July 8, 2014

    • Which Is More Important to Bill de Blasio: Affordable Housing or a City-Owned Parking Garage? (WSJ)
    • Cyclist Struck, Critically Injured by SUV Driver on Sands Street Near Manhattan Bridge (Gothamist)
    • Albany Wants to Take Plates of Toll Cam Cheats, Yet Speed Cams Give No Points, Suspensions (LoHud)
    • BP Katz Funds $1.1 Million in Capital Streetscape Improvements for Queens Commercial Areas (TL)
    • LIRR, Unions Restart Negotiations (WCBS); Cost-Saving Cuomo Says His Hands Are Tied (CapNY)
    • Rendering of 1,300-Foot Tower Next to Grand Central Features Vanderbilt Avenue Plaza (DNA)
    • Crowley, Agency Officials Talk Traffic Safety With Residents at Maspeth Vision Zero Forum (Q Chron)
    • Tri-State Visits Woodhaven SBS Meeting, Myth-Busts Qualms About Bus Rapid Transit (MTR)
    • Coming Soon: Tweet All Precinct Commanders About #VisionZero (DNA) or NYPD FOIL Fails (CapNY)
    • Citi Bike Opens Docking Valet at 7th Street and Avenue A on Summer Weeknights (Citi Bike Blog)
    • 100 Years Ago at Foot of W'Burg Bridge, There Was a Two-Block Elevated Park Above Delancey (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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