Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EST on March 6, 2014

City Council Transpo Committee Reviews Budgets Today; Rodriguez Focused on Vision Zero (CapNY)
Republican Westchester Executive Rob Astorino Launches Challenge to Cuomo (NYT)
UWS CB Supports Speed Cams, Lower Speed Limits; Push to Expand Cooper's Law Tabled (Spectator)
WPIX Covers Cuomo's $40 Million MTA Raid; CapNY Adds in Governor's $7 Million VNB Toll Cut
"Operation Move Along" Targets Double-Parked Drivers in Select Precincts (WABC, Bronx Times)
DOT Meets With Community Board Leaders to Discuss SBS on Woodhaven Boulevard (Forum)
DiNapoli: MTA Missed Out on Applying for $410 Million From Feds to Cover New Bus Purchases (News)
NYPD Says It's Looking to Improve Its Crash Data Releases to Cut Down on Errors (Epoch Times)
Repeat Drunk-Driving Offender Faces More DUI Charges After Cops Find Him in SI Car (Advance)
Advice for "Hindered" Elderly Drivers Doesn't Include Transit (Queens Gazette)
Parking Lot Across From Queens Place Mall on the Market for $24 Million (DNA)

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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