Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on March 11, 2014

Bed Stuy: Taxi Driver Broadsides School Bus, Injuring Nine, Including Six Students (WCBS, News, Post)
Drivers Crash Into Buildings, Cause Injuries in Flushing (WNBC) and Parkchester (WABC, WCBS)
UWS Block Honors Ariel Russo, Killed by Unlicensed Teen Driver Fleeing Police (News, DNA, WSJ)
NYPD Issued 97 Jaywalking Tix in Brooklyn in Jan and Feb, Five Times More Than 2013 (Bklyn Paper)
Suggestions From Last Night's Jay St Forum: Protected Bike Lanes, Parking Restrictions (Bklyn Paper)
Reckless Driver Ditches Motorcycle to Escape Cops; Arrested When He Tries to Get Bike Back (Advance)
Police Seize Eight Unregistered Dirt Bikes in Upper Manhattan (News, Post), Hunting for More (News)
East Bronx CB Chair Suggests Traffic Agents Fill in for Absent Crossing Guards (Bronx Times)
Transit Ridership Grew Nationwide and Across NY Region, Except on Long Island's Buses (MTR)
Pricey CPW Address Comes With Perk: Free Public Street Space for Chauffeurs to Idle Vehicles (NYT)
Surprise! Closing a Ramp to the Tappan Zee Will Not Create Uncontrollable Gridlock (NYT)

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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