Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on June 16, 2014

Q Poll: NYC Divided on Fair Toll Plan, 41%-49%, Without Mention of Transit Revenue (CapNY)
Business Owners Afraid of New Street Design Get Queens CB 9 to Table DOT Vision Zero Plan (QChron)
Dan Doctoroff Won't Give Up On His Olympic Dreams (Crain's, CapNY)
EDF NY Director Criticizes De Blasio Housing Plan for Not Being Green, Ignores Parking (Crain's)
Ulrich, Addabo, Goldfeder Join PS 232 Parents Calling for Safety Fixes From DOT (Q Chron)
CB 1 Supports Flushing Avenue Bike Route Consisting Mostly of Shared Lanes (Bklyn Paper, DNA)
CB 8's General Board Supports Franklin Avenue Road Diet and Bike Lane; Next Up: CB 9 (DNA)
Bronx CB 8 Resolution Supports Greenway, But Not the On-Street Sections (Riverdale Press)
Ticket Blitz in Rego Park and Forest Hills (DNA); NYPD Launches Another One Citywide (Advance)
SEC Probes Port Spending on NJ State Road Projects (Record); Christie Not Worried (LAT)

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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