Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on March 19, 2015

Mark-Viverito Interested In Toll Reform, Says State Must Find Transit Funding Fix (CapTon via Capital)
Working Families Party Backs Right of Way Law Exemption for Bus Drivers (DocCloud via News)
Assembly Budget Has More Funding for Bike/Ped and BRT, Including on S.I. North Shore (DNA)
Advance Backs North Shore BRT Over City, State Hesitancy to Fund Busway Project
CB 2 Committee Votes 12-1 for Construction of Putnam Plaza But Bklyn Paper Still Finds "Controversy"
Post Takes a Peek at Entrants in MTA's App Contest
Jamaica Residents Want Faster Traffic, Less Traffic Calming on Narrow Two-Way Streets (NY1)
Gentile, Donovan Both Campaign on Promise for West Shore Light Rail Funding (Advance)
Queens Gazette Rejects Toll Reform Without Even Mentioning the Toll Swap or MTA Funding Woes
Mother of Student Killed When Car Crashed Into Queens Creek to Sue DOT (News)

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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