Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on March 31, 2015

Albany Reaches Budget Deal (NYT); Bills Include $700 Million for Tappan Zee (LoHud)
Best Coverage of Citi Bike Software Upgrade From WSJ, Crain's, WNYC
No Easy Answers to Fix New York's Sky-High Infrastructure Construction Costs (Capital)
Construction Trade, Truckers Tout Move NY Toll Reform in Post Op-Ed
Families For Safe Streets Challenge Daily News on Its Crusade Against Right-of-Way Law
At Least a Dozen Injured After Minivan Driver Runs Stop Sign, Hits MTA Bus in Canarsie (WCBS, WPIX)
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney Confirmed as Thruway Chair (LoHud)
TWU's Samuelsen Backs Rockaway Beach Branch Rail Reactivation (Q Chron via 2nd Ave Sagas)
Plan to Add Skyscraper, Plaza Next to Grand Central Moves to City Council (Capital)
Downtown Bklyn Parking Garage Leveled for 714 Apartments, 128 Parking Spots (Brownstoner)
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop Talks Bike-Share With the New Yorker

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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