Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on April 14, 2014

Daily News Still Won't Admit That Plazas and Bike Lanes Work
Driver of Police Cruiser Seriously Injures Man, 69, Crossing 78th and Broadway (News, Post)
Surveillance Video Shows SUV Driver Running Over Crossing Guard on Atlantic Ave Last Week (WPIX)
NY-Bound Pulaski Closure Starts Smoothly (AP) But WCBS Still Worried About Carmageddon
Unlicensed Wrong-Way DUI Driver Switched Seats With Passenger After Crash, Police Say (News)
School Teacher Arrested for DUI on Webster Avenue (News); SI Man Arrested for DUI (Advance)
Hit-and-Run Minivan Driver Seriously Injures Woman Crossing Street in East Elmhurst (WABC)
MTA Survey Shows Bus-Only Riders Poorer, Older Than Subway Riders (MTR)
Maspeth Residents Protest Plan in Congress to Increase Size, Weight of Tractor-Trailer Trucks (Forum)
Queens CB 4 Votes to Support Bike Corral on Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst (DNA)
West Side Neighbors Oppose New Residential Development as Project Nears Finish Line (DNA)
NYC's World's Fairs Were the Last Unrestrained "Public Celebrations of Automotive Culture" (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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