Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 31, 2014

TA: Six Months Into Vision Zero, Enforcement Is Up But Uneven Across NYPD Precincts (News)
WNYC Profiles 10 New Yorkers Killed in Traffic So Far This Year
Straphangers: 7 Train Ranks the Best, 2 Train the Worst in NYC (CapNY, DNA, WSJ, WCBS, AMNY)
Teen Driver Who Killed Ariel Russo Facing Up to 15 Years -- And Is a Placard Abuser (News)
Disability Advocates Sue City, Saying Sidewalks Below 14th Street "Too Difficult to Use" (NYT, Post)
NYT Looks at the Rail vs. Trail Divisions Over the QueensWay
With Suicides Rising, Port Authority to Install 9-Foot Fence on GW Bridge Paths (WCBS, News, Post)
Ribbon Is Cut on Plaza Upgrades Beneath 7 Train on Queens Boulevard (Brownstoner, DNA)
Architects Reimagine How Parking Mandates Could Work In NYC's "Inner Ring" (Architizer)
The Advance Wants to Know: Where Have You Seen Staten Island Drivers on Cell Phones?
Tonight: DOT Unveils Safety Improvements to West End Avenue (WPIX)

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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