Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on May 27, 2014

Citi Bike at One Year: Bike Snob (NYT) and Unionizing Workers (AMNY, News) Offer Their Takes
"Highly Unusual" Unpaid Parking Revenue Provision Subject of Citi Bike Contract Negotiations (WSJ)
Gelinas (City Journal) and Katz (News) Look at What It Will Take for Vision Zero to Succeed
Attitudes Like This From Men Behind an NYPD Badge Won't Get Us to Vision Zero (IVM)
When You Rely on a Bike to Get Around NYC, Your Rent Can Be More Affordable (NYT)
NYPD Launches Crackdown on Wide Range of Violations in 21 of 76 Precincts (Advance, News)
Yet Tickets to Cyclists Are Up 123% Over Last Year in Upper West Side's 24th Precinct (News)
Driver Injures Ped on Atlantic Avenue; Charged With DWI, Vehicular Assault (News 12, NY1, AMNY)
William Faison, 53, Killed by Unlicensed Driver While Biking in Cambria Heights (TL, Post)
Morris Heights Driver Charged With Murder After Running Down Rival Gunman (News 12, NY1, News)
MIT Team Uses City's Crash Data to Map Where the Most Bike Collisions Occur (CityLab)
Rockaway Merchants Afraid That Opening Street to More Foot Traffic Will Hurt Businesses (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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