Today’s Headlines
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8:56 AM EDT on April 17, 2015
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures 88-Year-Old Man Riding Bike in South Ozone Park (WNBC)
- Queens CB Members Oppose Even the Smallest Effort to Reduce Parking Requirements (Forum, Q Chron)
- Queens CB 5 Chair: Woodhaven SBS Street Safety Redesign Will Kill “1,000 Kids a Week” (Q Chron)
- FiDi Parents Want Enforcement, Crossing Guard After Sidewalk Driver Injures Pedestrian (DNA)
- DMV Delayed Hearing for Cooper Stock’s Killer Even After Vance Declined to Press Charges (Post)
- Advance Covers City Council’s BRT Planning Bill; 2nd Ave Sagas Is Not Impressed
- Suit From Limo Company Claims Uber’s E-Hail System Encourages Distracted Driving (Post)
- Business for Yellow Taxis Is Down, But Maybe Not as Much as You Might Think (Crain’s)
- Bronx, Uptown Electeds Call on MTA to Add Fordham Road Subway Line to Capital Plan (Scribd)
- Here’s What Happens When the Person You Ram With Your Car Is an Off-Duty Cop (Advance 1, 2)
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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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