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I'm a New York-based reporter and editor. My work has appeared in alt-weeklies, monthly magazines, and countless online outlets. I founded a magazine about transportation in Philadelphia, helped launch a news site covering philanthropy, and served as the one-man editorial team for a biweekly business journal and website.
The count is on. Late Wednesday night, workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York cast the final votes in a union election that could impact the lives of thousands of employees in one of the company's biggest distribution hubs.
Amid mounting evidence of unsafe working conditions at warehouses and fulfillment centers, Amazon is banking on new technology to save the day. The e-commerce giant announced plans last week to invest $1 billion in companies developing supply chain-related robotics and technology solutions.
ATMs give you a choice: Would you like to see your balance? Yes or no. It's a practical question, one that might inform how much you withdraw, or if you withdraw, or how, in the future, you might behave with the knowledge that a certain sum remains in your bank account.
Lime and other dockless bike share companies are pivoting from bicycles to electric scooters. Scooter services have outpaced bike share in demand. Lime will quietly remove bikes from several cities this month. In Mountain View, California, home of Google and Microsoft, dockless bike share companies rise and fall in color-coded waves.
Lyft recalled 2,500 e-bikes from its bike share programs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area. Dozens of e-bike riders reported oversensitive front brakes that caused them to flip over the handlebar. Shimano, the brake manufacturer, blamed the lack of an internal power modulator to prevent the brake from overcompensating.
Aaron Naparstek liked his "obscenely expensive" Giro helmet. He said it once even saved him from a concussion. But in the wake of last month's mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the cycling advocate and Streetsblog founder swore off the brand.
Photo by Gene Smirnov Winning the Battle, Losing the War by Alex Vuocolo Shelia Hyland looked up at the sky one evening last May and saw a mass of black smoke hovering above the city of Chester. The sight didn't surprise her.
Kim Robbins didn't usually get asked for the same drug twice by a single customer. But one day in 2005, she finished a shift at the Happy Harry's pharmacy in Harrington and drove up to Dover to cover a shift for a friend. When a familiar face came in asking to fill a prescription of...
Throughout West Center City, a row house neighborhood near downtown Wilmington, liquor stores serve as gathering places for people to hang out, smoke cigarettes and sometimes drink a $1.25 can of beer or a travel-sized bottle of liquor. Customers are often young and middle-aged men, but non-drinkers stop in for a bag of chips or...