Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on November 19, 2014

The Allison Liao DMV Hearing Was an Utter Travesty (WNYC)
Capital Got the MTA Reinvention Commission Report, and It Doesn't Say Much About Funding
Citizens Budget Commission Wants Fare Hikes, Toll Reform to Fix MTA Budget Gap (C&S)
AMNY: 4 Percent Fare Hikes Aren't Terrible, But Straphangers Should Get Something More in Return
The Coming Toll Hike Will Affect Verrazano Bridge Drivers and People Are Outraged (Advance, NY1)
Silver: $5 Billion in Settlement Cash Should Be Used for One-Time, Undefined "Infrastructure" Boost (TU)
Flatbush Dollar Van Driver Flees Traffic Stop, Injures at Least Two in Chase (Post, News, NY1, WPIX)
More Coverage of Changes to Central Park Loop (News, Post, Gothamist, Capital, WNYC, WABC, WCBS)
The Only Thing Better Than 25 MPH Speed Limit Would Have Been 20 MPH (Vox)
Advance Columnist Misses the Point of Lower Speed Limit, Thinks He's Already Above-Average Driver
Well, This Is One Way to Walk Across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge (Bensonhurst Bean)

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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