Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on February 28, 2014

TZB Transit Task Force Will Release Full Report This Morning (LoHud)
DiNapoli Calls Out Cuomo on His Latest $40 Million Transit Raid (MTR)
Is the MTA Even Aware That Its Expensive Transit Construction Projects Are a Problem? (Next City)
Health Department Survey: Since 2007, New Yorkers Have Become More Likely to Ride Bikes (Crain's)
Meet Ben Wellington, the Statistics Professor Behind the Vision Zero Heat Maps (Bklyn Paper 1, 2)
MTA Wants Police Crackdown on High-Crime Bus Routes, Starting With B46 on Utica Avenue (News)
De Blasio Gets One-Month Extension on Developing a Plan to Make Half of Taxis Accessible (News)
Tri-State Urges Cuomo to Make Toll Changes More Than an Election-Year Stunt (MTR)
78th Precinct to Audit Crossing Guards, Relocate Them to Busier Corners (Bklyn Paper)
West 97th Street Block to Be Renamed in Honor of 4-Year-Old Ariel Russo (News)
Man Launches Personal Injury Suit Against Citi Bike After Crashing Into Curb at Docking Station (News)

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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