Today’s Headlines
Paul Steely White Daily News Op-Ed: Bike-Share Naysayers Will Be Proven Wrong Soon Enough NY1 Call-In Show Talks Bike-Share Two Nights In a Row, Featuring Our Own Ben Fried on Night 2 (1, 2) Driver With Learner’s Permit Backs Onto Park Slope Sidewalk, Injuring 3 Children (Post) For the Daily News, Even a Drunk Driving Crash That … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on May 16, 2013
- Paul Steely White Daily News Op-Ed: Bike-Share Naysayers Will Be Proven Wrong Soon Enough
- NY1 Call-In Show Talks Bike-Share Two Nights In a Row, Featuring Our Own Ben Fried on Night 2 (1, 2)
- Driver With Learner’s Permit Backs Onto Park Slope Sidewalk, Injuring 3 Children (Post)
- For the Daily News, Even a Drunk Driving Crash That Injured Paper’s Reporter Is an “Accident”
- DOT’s Bay Ridge 4th Avenue Road Diet Includes… Pedestrian Fences? (Bklyn Paper, Home Reporter)
- Judge Blocks Taxi Of Tomorrow Over City Rules Requiring Hybrid Cabs (NYT)
- City Announces Free Weekend Ferry Service From Pier 11 to Red Hook (DNA)
- MTA Tests Inflatable Plug to Prevent Subway Flooding (News)
- Facing Legal Hurdles, Ride-Sharing Apps Shut Down in New York (WSJ)
- A First-Person Account of Being Groped on the Subway (NYT)
- Gothamist (1,2) and Brooklyn Spoke Join Cycling Etiquette Debate
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.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog New York City
Teamsters Prez Calls On Menin To Pass Mamdani-Backed Delivery Bill, But She’s Not Ready
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
October 23, 2026
Friday’s Headlines: Trump’s Truths Edition
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council's 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
October 23, 2026
Super-Speeder Law Takes One Big Leap Forward, As Council Pushes Bill To Create The Program
The city's much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
October 22, 2026
EAGLE Down: MTA Pulls Fare Enforcement Agents From Bus System
"I'm not willing to keep our teams active in the field," Lieber said on Thursday morning.
October 22, 2026
An Interview with Central Park’s Most Storied Competitive Cycling Club
Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
October 22, 2026
