Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on September 30, 2014

Dana Lerner: DAs and NYPD Must Enforce the Laws Against Deadly Driving (NYT)
Since April, TLC Enforcement Against Dangerous Cabbies Has Skyrocketed (Post)
Council Member Miller Wants More TLC Enforcement Against Dangerous Dollar Vans (TL)
A Brooklyn Speed Camera Is Catching Speeders, and WPIX Is Outraged
Times Union Wants Cuomo to "Be the Adult in the Room" and Reveal Reliable TZB Funding Plan
Bikelash Media Coverage Boomlet Continues (Crain's, WNBC), Spreads to Prospect Park (NY1)
WCBS Questions the "Zero" in Vision Zero, and de Blasio Focuses on Individual Behavior
Queens CB 11 Battles Car Dealership That Stores Vehicles on Sidewalk (Queens Chronicle)
Queens Chronicle Documents Dangers at Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue
Port Richmond Residents Angered by Influx of Commuter Cars Into Neighborhood (NY1)
New Plaza Opens Next to Douglaston LIRR Station (Queens Courier)

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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