Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on June 12, 2015

Veronica Vanterpool: Let's Help Bus Drivers Operate Safely Without Gutting Right of Way Law (News)
Albany Shouldn't Be Tempted to Cut Short the MTA Capital Plan and Call It a Victory (Crain's)
Queens CB 4 Complains About Not Being Consulted at Meeting Where It Is Being Consulted (Q Trib)
Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Cyclist Who Sent Woman in Bike Lane to ICU (WNBC)
Seven Injured in Multi-Car Pileup on Lenox Avenue and 125th Street Wednesday (WNBC)
Cheap Parking Plus Lax Enforcement: WNBC Finds NYCHA Lot Full of Freeloading Car Owners
Weekend J Trains Extend to Broad St, Fulton Center Starting This Sunday (News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
MTA Board Members Slam Colleague That Astorino Wants to Represent Westchester (Post)
The Man Who Wants the PATH Added to the Subway Map Asks Straphangers What They Think (NJ.com)
This Is One Way to Make "I'll Only Be a Minute" Double-Parked Drivers Think Twice (DNA)

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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