Today’s Headlines
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8:57 AM EDT on September 9, 2014
- It’s Primary Day! Check Out Your Voter Guide and Find Your Polling Place
- De Blasio, Honoring Safe Cabbies, Says Traffic Deaths Down 8 Percent This Year (CapNY, NY1)
- Gothamist Interviews Dulcie Canton About NYPD’s Refusal to Investigate Hit-and-Run
- SL Green Unveils $210 Million in Grand Central Upgrades as Part of New Tower (CapNY, Crain’s)
- Greg Mocker Looks at Vision Zero Map, Tries to Cross Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills (WPIX)
- Man Arrested for Running Over Cop’s Foot as He Fled SI Traffic Stop (Advance)
- After Rejecting Council’s Offer, Bratton Now Says He Wants 1,000 More Cops (Observer, News)
- The Saga of the Closed Pedestrian Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park Continues (Gothamist, News)
- Queens CB 2 Unanimously Backs Pedestrian Safety Fixes in Long Island City (Gazette)
- NYC May Be the Tops for Biking in the US, But Suffolk County Is the Worst (MTR)
- Celebrities: They Tweet at Citi Bike, Just Like Us! (NY Mag)
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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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