Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM EDT on July 29, 2014

MTA Pays for Labor Agreements With Cuts to Capital Plan (WSJ, NY1, News, Bloomberg, Post)
Things Will Get Worse at Port Authority Bus Terminal Before They Get Better (CapNY, AMNY)
Flushing Commons Developer: Parking Mandates Hamstrung Projects in Neighborhood (YIMBY)
Uptown Residents Fed Up With Finger-Pointing Over Upkeep of 191st Street Station Tunnel (DNA)
Man in Critical Condition After His Own Van Runs Over Him at St. Albans Gas Station (WNBC, News)
Wrong-Way Cyclist Sends Pedestrian to Hospital With Serious Head Injury in Village (Gothamist)
Daily News Wishes Investor REQX Best of Luck in Righting Citi Bike's Operations
Morgan Pehme: There Should Be Borough-by-Borough Deputy Mayors for Planning (C&S)
Forest City Ratner Could Be Planning Residential Towers on Top of Atlantic Center Mall (AYR)
Parking Lot to Become Housing in South Slope. Where's the Outrage? (Brownstoner, South Slope 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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