Today’s Headlines
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8:58 AM EDT on October 16, 2014
- Kids in Low-Income Neighborhoods Most at Risk of Traffic Injuries (Gotham Gazette)
- After Neighbors Worry About Parking and Cars, Medgar Evers Scraps Plaza Plan (Bklyn Brief)
- 2nd Avenue Sagas and Gothamist Make the Case Against the QueensWay, for Rail Reactivation
- MTA Data Shows Most Brooklyn Subway Lines Could Handle More Riders (YIMBY)
- Most of SL Green’s Grand Central Upgrades Will Focus on Lexington Ave Subways (CapNY, Crain’s)
- Adam Forman: City Hall Must Increase Its Contribution to MTA (Gotham Gazette)
- More Coverage of City’s Countdown to 25 MPH from WCBS, WNYC, NY1, Advance
- Staten Island CB 1 Asks City for Sidewalks, Traffic Lights, Greenway Study for NY Wheel (DNA)
- M86 SBS Would Rely Mostly on Off-Board Fare Collection, Maybe Signal Priority (DNA)
- Painting a Citi Bike Purple Is a Terrible Way to Hide The Fact That It’s Stolen (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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