Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on June 17, 2014

Klein Bill Lowers Speed Limit But Makes It Harder to Implement 20 MPH Streets (Right of Way, Storify)
"The Time for This Issue Has Come," Bratton Once Said of Vision Zero, But He's "Grown Quieter" (NYT)
Reckless Driving Tickets Up So Far This Year, But Still Just a Handful Per Precinct Per Day (WNYC)
Helen Rosenthal Wants State to Expand Cooper's Law to All Drivers (DNA)
Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Man, 56, on Linden Blvd. Service Road in East NY (News, NY1)
More Q Poll: NYers Don't Like Congestion (NY1) or Tolls (News) But Might Like Move NY (Crain's)
Cuomo's Election Year Toll Cut for VNB Truckers Goes Into Effect This Week (Advance)
Recently-Downgraded Thruway Authority Says No Toll Hikes Next Year, Despite TZB Costs (LoHud)
...As Cuomo Takes Out $511 Million Loan for TZB From AAA-Rated Clean Water Fund (LoHud, TU 1, 2)
DOT Looking at Ped Safety Fixes at Third Avenue and 22nd Street in Gramercy (DNA)
Hunter Study: 13 Percent of NYC Drivers Are Distracted by Handsets or Hands-Free Devices (CityLab)

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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