Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EDT on August 28, 2014
- Top Astorino Aide and Conservative Party Big Resigns County Job After DWI Crash (News, LoHud)
- She Complained About His Driving, So He Mowed Her Down and Fled; Now He’s Under Arrest (News)
- Driver Injures Man Walking at 116th and Amsterdam (Spectator)
- City Breaks Ground on Next Phase of Fordham Plaza Construction at Transit Hub (NY1, News 12)
- Stapleton Residents Fed Up With Tractor-Trailers on Hilly Residential Streets (Advance)
- MTA Panel Issues Safety Recommendations in Wake of MNR Crash (News, LoHud, WCBS)
- 2nd Avenue Sagas Unimpressed With $1 Billion “Nicer Waiting Room for Amtrak”
- Effort to Subject Port Authority to Open Records Laws Stalled in NJ Legislature (MTR)
- Advance on Capital Plan: MTA Thinks “Transit of Any Kind on Staten Island Is… A Waste of Money”
- Van Bramer Secures Speed Humps Near School, Heaps Praise on Trottenberg (News)
- Bicycling Is the Best Way to Get Around NYC, Says Thrillist
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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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