Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on June 11, 2015

UWS Community Board Wants Northbound Protected Bike Lane, And Fast (DNA)
Family Mourns Ethan Villavicencio, 7-Year-Old Killed by Driver in Bronx Restaurant (Post)
Upper West Siders Kvetch About Bike-Share Stations; Claim They Will Endanger Children (DNA, Post)
Staten Island CB 1 Backs Road Diet, Bike Lanes for Clove Road (Advance)
Straphangers Campaign Holds Funeral for New Subway Cars, MTA Capital Program (News)
Two Injured When Hell's Kitchen Bus Driver Sideswipes Building (DNA)
Residents Turn Out for Jamaica Bay Greenway Workshops (Bklyn Daily)
Columbia Study Measuring Air Quality for Cyclists (WNYC)
DNA Offers Quiz on NYC Bike Laws
Driving Makes People Go Crazy, Part One Million (DNA, Advance)

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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