Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on March 4, 2014

Boy, 2, Critically Injured by Driver After He "Ran Out" Into 196th Street Near Northern Blvd (Post, TL)
Ydanis Rodriguez Talks Vision Zero, SBS, Metro-North, Ferry Expansion (C&S)
Gelinas: With VNB Toll Cut, "The MTA Is Apparently Part of Cuomo's Re-Election Team" (Post)
Now Bay Ridge Residents Are Asking Cuomo for a Toll Cut of Their Own (Crain's)
NYPD Handing Out Double-Parking Tickets on 181st Street in Washington Heights (DNA)
Park Slope Precinct Launches Blitz Against Drivers Parked in Bike Lanes (Bklyn Paper)
Staten Island Man Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run That Killed 4-Year-Old Last August (Advance)
Corrections Officer Charged With DWI in Queens Village (News)
Courts Are Not Friendly Terrain for Cyclists (CityLand)
Nine de Blasio Staffers Have a City Car and Driver (WSJ)
State Hearings for High-Speed Rail From NYC to Niagara Falls Begin Today (WNYC)

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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