Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EDT on September 4, 2014
- WTC Transit Hub Overruns Have Stalled Other, More Important Investments (WSJ)
- NYC Named America’s Best Cycling City: News, Post, AMNY, WCBS Cover Announcement
- CapNY, WNYC Report on Trottenberg’s Remarks on Alta, REQX, and Delayed Citi Bike Deal
- Woman, 82, Dies After Driver Struck Her and Two Others on South Street Last Week (Lo-Down)
- Unlicensed Teen Who Killed Ariel Russo Busted for Dragging Cop With Car (NYT, News, Post, WCBS)
- Op Safe Cycle: NYPD Gave Out 4,300 Summonses to Bikers and 3,200 to Drivers in Bike Lanes (NY1)
- More Coverage of City Council’s Proposed Hit-and-Run Fines From News, WCBS
- Off-Duty DSNY Worker Charged with Drunk Driving in Outerbridge Crossing Crash (Advance)
- Tonight: LES BID Presents Orchard Street Plan to Manhattan CB 3 (Lo-Down)
- Cross Bay Boulevard Gets 86 Bike Racks (Queens Courier)
- Last Remaining East Village Gas Station Shuts Down, Will Become Apartments (EV Grieve)
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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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