Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EST on December 23, 2014

519% Jump in Speeding Tickets in 24th Pct Also an Increase From Just 58 Last Year (West Side Rag)
Westchester, Rockland County Execs Want Bank Settlement Windfall to Pay for TZB (LoHud, WCBS)
Gelinas: Resist the Urge to Use Settlement Cash; TZB Tolls Can and Should Be Hiked (City & State)
Car Crashes Can Leave Victims Financially Insecure; Just Ask This Woman (City Limits)
Meet the MTA's New Etiquette Campaign: It's About More Than Just "Man-Spreading" (WNYC)
AP Looks at How Last Century's Technology Is Hurting MTA Service Reliability and Capacity
NYC Builds $4 Billion Marble Palace Train Stations; Meanwhile, in London... (NPR)
One Dead in Three-Car Crash After Driver Runs Red Light on Staten Island (Advance)
Applications to Become a Manhattan Community Board Member Are Now Open (DNA)
The Last Two Gas Stations In the East Village Are Being Demolished (EV Grieve)

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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