Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on June 25, 2015

The Right of Way Law "Has Been Effective and Saved Lives" (NYT)
De Blasio Defends Right of Way Law as S.I. Pols Line Up for Bus, Taxi Exemption (Advance)
Prendergast "Confident" Albany Will Fund MTA (Capital, News) But Projects Still Threatened (Post, WNBC)
Driver Charged for Drunk Driving After Killing David Craig, 57, on Park Bench (WCBS, News)
Martin Celmer, 27, Dies After Driver Struck Him on Metropolitan Ave in W'Burg; No Charges (Bklyn Paper)
Second Hit-and-Run Driver Who Ran Over Melwood Hughes, 93, Turns Herself In (DNA, News, WNBC)
Corrections Employee Arrested for Drunk Driving After Smashing Two Parked Cars (News)
Senate Confirms Prendergast to First Full Term as MTA Chairman and CEO (NYT)
Uber and the Post Blast Mayor, Council for Proposing Slowdown in For-Hire Licenses (News, Crain's)
207th Street Is Inwood's Most Dangerous; Schools Push for One-Way Streets in N'Hood (DNA 1, 2)
Newark's First Protected Bike Lanes -- Previously Given Up to Parking -- Have Returned (NJBWC)

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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