Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on July 16, 2014

Today: State Control Board Votes on Cuomo's Clean Water Raid for Tappan Zee Bridge (CapNY)
Tri-State Summarizes Mounting Opposition to TZB Loan (MTR) -- The Latest in the Post
A Few Speed Cams Are Outpacing All of NYPD's Speeding Enforcement (News, Post)
DOT Rejects Requests to Extend Neighborhood Slow Zone to West Village (DNA)
Value Capture, Cross-Hudson Transit, Airport Discussed at Reinvention Commission (CapNY)
DNA Profiles Sokhna Niang, 49, Killed Crossing Flatbush Avenue on Monday
Malliotakis Wants Red Light Cam Data, But Maybe She Should See What's Already Posted (Advance)
NJ Bill Would Exempt Residents From Out of State "Scam" Camera Tickets (WKXW, WCBS)
City Hall to Announce Downtown Brooklyn Improvements, Including Bklyn Bridge Greenway (WSJ)
Prospect Heights Bike Corrals in Limbo Until CB 8 Meets Again in September (DNA)
Are You a Long Island Reverse Commuter? MTA Doesn't Have a Strike Contingency for You (CapNY)

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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