Today’s Headlines
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9:04 AM EDT on August 15, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Dollar Van Driver Kills Angel Sagardia, 47, and Injures His Wife on Flatbush Av (News, PIX)
- No Charges for SUV Driver After Crash Kills 50-Year-Old Man on Springfield Blvd (News, Gothamist)
- Cop Says She Voided Cell Phone Ticket for Vanessa Gibson After Pol Pressured NYPD Brass (News)
- New Yorkers Sing Praises of Bus Lanes, Faster Buses in Times Story on Subway-Free Transit Deserts
- DOT Will Begin Installing Chrystie Street Protected Bike Lane by End of the Month (Bowery Boogie)
- Hell’s Kitchen Electeds Slam Port Plan for New Bus Terminal; PA: There’s No Alternative (DNA, WCBS)
- Jamaica Man Pleads Guilty to Hit-Run, Will Serve Six Months After Killing Pedestrian in February (TL)
- Hit-and-Run Motorcyclist Injures 50-Year-Old Stapleton Man (Advance)
- 26-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies After Striking Car on Q’Boro Bridge Ramp Early Sunday Morning (News)
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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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