Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on August 22, 2014

Update: Through July, Almost All Precincts Have Stepped Up Dangerous Driving Tickets (WNYC)
Thruway's Madison: Without TZB Loan, Clean Water Funds Would've Gone Unused (LoHud)
Meanwhile, There's a Tappan Zee-Sized Hole in the State's Funding for Clean Water Projects (MTR)
SI Hit-and-Run Driver Sentenced to 4 to 14 Years for Killing Another Motorist (Advance)
SI Driver Sentenced to 4 to 15 Years for DWI Crash That Killed Vehicle Passenger (Advance)
Maybe It's Time to Treat Citi Bike Like the Transit System It Really Is (Observer)
Garodnick the Only Vote Against Unorthodox School Bus Driver Raises (WNYC, News, NY1, Crain's)
De Blasio Appoints Administration's Finance Commissioner to TLC Board (CapNY)
Rockaway Residents Continue to Rally for Restoration of Ferry Service Past October (WCBS)
Even NYPD Officers Have a Tough Time Getting a Citi Bike to Stay in Its Dock (Gothamist)
Damn Bike Lanes in St. George (Advance), on Amsterdam Avenue (DNA), and the QBB (News, DNA)

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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