Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on April 14, 2015

Cabbie Who Killed Cooper Stock Gets $580 Slap on the Wrist (Post)
Daily News Argues for Tougher Reckless Driver Penalties, Yet Remains Against the Right-of-Way Law
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Glauber Family Sentenced to 25 to Life (News, Post, Bklyn Paper, WPIX)
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway to Link Sunset Park and Red Hook Beneath Gowanus Expwy (Gothamist)
Cyclist Critically Injured in Crash With MTA Bus Near W'Burg Bridge in Bklyn (Post, DNA, Gothamist)
NYC Texting-While-Driving Tickets Rose 50 Percent Last Year (News, Post, TU, Gannett)
TA Launches Effort to Get DOT to Calm Traffic on Meeker Avenue Beneath BQE (Bklyn Paper)
Ydanis Rodriguez, Inez Barron Want CUNY to Pay for Student MetroCards (AMNY)
Son of Right-of-Way Law Opponent Daneek Miller Arrested in Road Rage Incident (News)
Citi Bike Begins Overnight Station Upgrades, Can Now Send Users Personalized Alerts (Capital)
Council Boosts Tech Engagement -- Tweet Your Questions During Hearings (News, Gotham Gazette)

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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