Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on May 28, 2015

Speeding Driver Kills Cyclist in Harlem, Flees on Foot With Two Passengers (News, WCBS, PIX)
Blocks Away, the Post Does Its Own Intrepid Reporting on Traffic Violence
Council Gives Final OK to Rezoning Near Grand Central, Transit Upgrades (NYT, News, Capital, Crain's)
City Fails to Install Promised Bike Lanes on Rockaway Boardwalk, Tells Cyclists to Dismount (DNA)
Lower East Side Community Board Asks for Pedestrian Safety Fixes at Intersections (Lo-Down)
The Subway Is Now Being Taken Apart by Vandals for Scrap Parts (NYT, Capital, Post)
Riders Alliance Travels to Albany to Throw the Book at Governor Cuomo (Capital)
Uber and Taxi Drivers Can Agree on One Thing: They're All Annoyed at TLC (Crain's, News 1, 2)
The Times Looks at NJ's Broken Status Quo: Higher Transit Fares, Rock-Bottom Gas Tax
NYPD Cuts Down West Village Tree "to Free the Truck and Get Traffic Moving Again" (DNA)
Stay Classy, TWU -- And Don't Forget to Get Your Facts Straight First (Gothamist)

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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