Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EST on January 16, 2015

Port Authority Reform Bills Could Get Override Votes in Both State Legislatures (State of Politics)
Trottenberg Names Jeff Lynch Queens Boro Commissioner, Reassigning Dalila Hall (TL)
Traffic Deaths Were Falling Before Vision Zero, So Advance Columnist Says It's a Scam
Teen Passenger Killed in Two-Car Crash in Far Rockaway (Post, WNBC)
Video: TA Executive Director Paul Steely White Talks Vision Zero With C&S
DOT Adds On-Street Parking to Tribeca Streets (DNA)
Kallos Wants Archived Bus Time Data So Public Can Crunch Bus Reliability Stats (Gotham Gazette)
Gantt Reintroduces Bill to Study Driverless Cars (Capital)
State Could Merge Thruway With Authority Managing Upstate Hudson River Bridges (Capital)
Red Light Cams Are Now Operating Just Over the Bronx Border in Mount Vernon (LoHud)
FiveThirtyEight Looks at Vision Zero, From the Invention of "Jaywalking" to the 85th Percentile

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog New York City

President Trump's Second Term

AG James Sues Trump Over ‘Strong-Arm’ Tactic of Tying DOT Funds to Immigration Crackdown

The U.S. Department of Transportation is illegally threatening to withhold billions in transportation funding to states that don't "cooperate" with the administration's immigration crackdown, a new suit argues.

Gersh Kuntzman

May 13, 2025

State Legislature

How the Sausage Gets Made: Republicans Force Meaningless Vote on Congestion Pricing Repeal

... And will the Idaho Stop become a victim of the current bikelash? It's all in today's Capitol Idea by Amy Sohn.

Amy Sohn

May 13, 2025

Delivery workers

‘Chaos’ Candidate? DoorDash Gave $1M to Super PAC Backing Cuomo, Who Decries Delivery Workers

Cuomo says he'll fix the chaos on the Streets by reining in app companies, but DoorDash just donated $1 million to help him win.

Sophia Lebowitz

May 13, 2025

2025 Mayoral Election

The Dave Colon Challenge: Whitney Tilson Is Pro-Bike, Pro-Business And Pro-Police

The political novice has 30 years experience cycling in the city but doesn't have a political record to help predict what his safe streets governance strategy would be.

Dave Colon

May 13, 2025

Pedestrian safety

Can New York City Fix Its Deadly ‘Conduit’ to JFK Airport?

The extra-wide medians on Conduit could fit 46 football fields, which combined with extra-wide travel lanes makes the strip prone to speeding and crashes.

David Meyer

May 13, 2025

See all posts