Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EST on December 3, 2014

How a Transit Project That Adds No New Service Ended Up Costing $4 Billion (NYT)
Boro Park Driver Kills Blima Friedman, 10, and Injures Her Pregnant Mom (CBS, News, ABC)
79-Year-Old Man in Critical Condition After Driver Hits Him at Ocean Avenue and Avenue N (JP Updates)
Family, Friends, Classmates Gather to Remember Mohammad Naiem Uddin, 14 (Ditmas Park Corner)
Cy Vance Offers Disorderly Conduct Plea Deal to Top Keith Wright Staffer Busted for DUI (Post)
MTA Settles Suit With Parents of Seth Kahn, Killed in Crosswalk by Turning Bus Driver in 2009 (DNA, Post)
De Blasio Shuffles City Hall's Sustainability Leadership Team (Capital, AP)
Uber Starts Cab-Pooling in NYC, Claims It Will Remove 1 Million Cars From Streets (Post, News)
Remember: Latest Toll Hike Doesn't Sting S.I. Drivers So Much Because of the Cuomo Rebate (Advance)
Driver Jumps Curb at Essex and Grand Streets on Lower East Side; No One Injured (Lo-Down)
Next City Interviews Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool

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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