Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EST on November 25, 2014

Streets Become a Stage for Protest as New Yorkers React to Non-Indictment of Darren Wilson (DNA)
Driver Arrested in Bowery Hit-and-Run After Killing Pedestrian (News, Lo-Down)
Livery Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist Shan Zheng on East Houston; "No Criminality" (News, Lo-Down, AP)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian Jason Aitcheson, 27, on Utica Avenue (News, WABC)
Naiem Uddin Was the Third M.S. 51 Student Killed by Drivers in Past 13 Months (DNA)
Pete Donohue Has Had It With Staten Island Pols Griping About Verrazano Tolls (News)
NYPD Isn't Ticketing Speeders Using Marine Park Streets as Belt Pkwy Shortcut (Bklyn Daily)
Driver Who Led Chase While Hiding Drugs Pleads Guilty to Reckless Endangerment Charge (Advance)
Sam Schwartz Has a Design Cure for Central Park -- And It Starts With Making It Car-Free (News)
South Nyack Officials Upset That TZB Bike-Ped Path Will Land in Their Village (LoHud)
PBS NewsHour Gives an Introduction to Vision Zero for a National Audience

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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