Today’s Headlines
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8:59 AM EST on January 30, 2015
- Speaker’s Race: Heastie Gains Over Morelle (NYT, Observer, Capital); Nolan Still in Race (NYT)
- If Vision Zero Is Going to Succeed, NYC Streets Will Need Major Redesigns (Chelsea Now)
- Prendergast: Willets Point AirTrain Could Actually Cost $1 Billion, Double Cuomo’s Estimate (Capital)
- Nassau County NICE Bus Driver Kills Pedestrian in Jamaica While Turning (WNBC, Post, WPIX)
- Former Member Fondly Remembers How Shelly Quietly Killed Congestion Pricing (Capital)
- Is Skelos Next? Preet Bharara Investigating Senate Leader for Real Estate Ties (WNBC)
- Most of $1.3 Billion Thruway Bailout Will Go to TZB (CapTon, LoHud); No Toll Hike (LoHud)
- Not Again: NYPD Busted for Ticketing Cyclists on a Bike Path, This Time in Central Park (Gothamist)
- Get Ready for L Train Closures on Weekends and Late Nights This Spring (Capital, DNA)
- Distracted Walking Is Apparently a Real Problem to WCBS
- Adam Gopnik Learns to Drive a Car in Manhattan (New Yorker)
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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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