Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM EDT on October 9, 2014
- Rosenthal and Levine Intro Bill for Summer Study of Car-Free Central Park (CapNY, News, WCBS)
- It’s Shockingly Rare for Drivers Who Crash to Receive Even a Minimal Penalty (WNYC)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Man on Queens Blvd in Woodside (WPIX, WCBS)
- Truck Driver Injures Six in Forest Hills Store; “No Criminality” (News, Post, DNA, WCBS, WPIX)
- Damned Bike Lanes on UES (News, Post), Staten Island (Advance), and in Midtown (DNA)
- DAs to Meet with de Blasio — Will Vision Zero Be On the Agenda? (WNBC)
- Cuomo and the MTA: CapNY on Suburban Bias; 2nd Ave Sagas on the Magic Disappearing Governor
- DCP Study Lays Out Potential Transportation Improvements for Western Queens (News, TL)
- Queens Residents Want to Get a Piece of MNR Penn Station Access Project (DNA)
- Gazette Covers Efforts to Convert Historic Motor Parkway Into Bike-Ped Path
- 78th Precinct Looking to Replace Curbside Car Parking With Bike Corral (DNA)
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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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