Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EST on December 18, 2014
- DOT Proposes New Crosswalks, Expanded Ped Islands at Atlantic, Washington and Underhill (DNA)
- UES Isn’t the Only Neighborhood Protesting Against Shouldering Its Share of Trash Burden (Bklyn Paper)
- MTA to Expand Use of Platform Attendants, Paid on Overtime, to Ease Overcrowding (WNYC, Crain’s)
- Savino to Spend $350,000 for 18 Real-Time Arrival Signs at Staten Island Bus Stops (Advance)
- Q Poll: Voters Sympathize With Protests, Except When They Block Cars (NYT, News, Observer, Advance)
- Meet the Developer Who Brags About Building an Oversize Elevated Parking Garage (Sheepshead Bites)
- Queens CB 6 Wants More Signs, Turn Lane at Queens Boulevard Intersection (DNA)
- Ozone Park Driver Recovering From Six-Car Crash on Woodhaven That Injured Nine (Forum)
- With OK From Feds But Not NYC, Fung Wah Bus Is (Almost) Back (Post, Observer)
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Tears Out Bike Lane After Merchants Blame It for Poor Sales (Star-Ledger)
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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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