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8:55 AM EDT on July 17, 2014
- Michael Ameri Moving From 78th Precinct to Head NYPD Highway Patrol, Including CIS (News)
- 89-Year-Old Man Struck by Driver in Midwood on Monday Dies From Injuries (JP Updates)
- Donohue: With Strike Looming, MTA, LIRR Union “Very Close” to Reaching Agreement (News)
- Tourists Injured by Hell’s Kitchen Bus Driver Say They Had the Right of Way (News)
- Staten Island Traffic Crackdown Results In Two Arrests of Unlicensed Drivers (Advance)
- City Wants to Sell Parking Lot Near Flushing LIRR for $1 to Affordable Housing Developer (Crain’s)
- REBNY Gung-Ho About 7 Train to Secaucus; MTA Still Not Interested (CapNY)
- Stolen Citi Bikes Often End Up in the Bronx or Brooklyn, the Post Finds
- Citi Bike’s App “Consistently Underreported” Bikes at Each Station (Bedford and Bowery)
- Phil Goldfeder, Donovan Richards Score Traffic Lights in Far Rockaway From DOT (Forum)
- Illegally Taking Up Parking Spaces for Yourself? The City Ought to Crack Down on That (NY1)
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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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