Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EST on February 11, 2015

Regina Stevenson, 41, Killed by Box Truck Driver on Linden Blvd in East New York (News, JP Updates)
Moshe Kanofsky, 73, Dies Seven Weeks After Driver Hit Him in Crosswalk (News, DNA, JP Updates)
DenDekker Wants Vision Zero Audit; Says Ped Islands, Safety Cams, Lower Speeds Do "Nothing" (DNA)
RPA Issues Report on Outer-Borough Transit, Calls for Triboro Rx Rail and Better BRT (Capital)
SBA Asks Waze to Drop Cop-Spotting Feature for Officer Safety, Not Traffic Safety (News, Capital, WCBS)
More Coverage of City Council BRT Hearing from News, Capital
Times Union Wants Cuomo to Consider Merging Thruway With DOT, Bridge Authority
NYC Airport Advocacy Group Ranks NYC's Airports at the Bottom for Transit Access (Crain's, Post)
East Harlem Parking Lot on the Market, Could Be Redeveloped (Crain's)
DOT Installing Larger Traffic Signals on Woodhaven and Cross Bay to Cut Injuries (Queens Courier)
Staten Islanders Wanted a Dead End Street, So They Built Their Own Barricade (I'm Just Walkin')

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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