Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on May 7, 2014

Update: Ped Fatalities Down One-Third So Far This Year, Injuries Down 8 Percent (News)
Straphangers: Subway Equipment-Related Delays Up 35% Over Two Years (WCBS, News, Post, WSJ)
Christie, Cuomo Establish Port Authority Reform Panel With an Eye on Splitting It Up (Crain's)
DOT Eases Up on Hylan Blvd SBS Tickets (Advance) But Lanza Still Wants to Gut Bus Lanes (CapNY)
Man Killed in Shootout Between Two Armed Drivers in Jamaica -- Over a Parking Space (DNA, News)
Man Brandishes Ax, Slams Car Door on Victim's Foot -- Over a Parking Space (Bklyn Paper)
Dirt Bike Rider Crashes Into Sedan, Run Over by Truck, Dies in East Harlem (News, DNA, WCBS)
NYPD Detective Acquitted on DWI Charge Sues for False Arrest (Post, WCBS)
More on Murder Charge for Deadly East Village Driver From NYT, News, DNA
BP Oddo Reconstitutes SI Transpo Task Force With DOT, DCP, MTA, Port and the State (Advance)
Parks Makes Quick Fixes to Crumbling Brooklyn Boro Hall Plaza as Repair Plan Stalls (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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