Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on November 18, 2014

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Latchman Singh, 34, in Crosswalk at Dekalb and Flatbush (Post)
Advance Looks at This Year's Seven Staten Island Pedestrian Fatalities; Only Two Drivers Face Charges
Times Ledger: DMV Must Come Clean About Why It Voided Tickets of Allie Liao's Killer
Gelinas: "Congestion Pricing Is Coming to New York" But Don't Count on a Rational Debate (C&S)
Cuomo Administration Paying High-Powered DC Firm $500 an Hour for Tappan Zee EPA Appeal (Capital)
DOT Trims Ozone Park Plaza to Add More Parking, Appease Irate Business Owners (QChron)
MTA Unveils Two Fare and Toll Hike Options (NYT, Capital, Post, DNA, AMNY, Metro, Crain's)
Meanwhile, MTA Board Member Chuck Moerdler Offers Insights on Train Crowding (WPIX, News 1, 2)
Dangerous Roadways: Laurel Hill Boulevard in Queens (Brownstoner) and Bronx River Parkway (Post)
Mark Treyger's Proposed Texting-While-Biking Ban Gets Panned in Brooklyn Paper

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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