Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 10, 2015

Livery Driver Kills 50-Year-Old Woman Crossing Street in Brownsville; No Charges (News)
Citi Bike Workers Become First U.S. Bike-Share Employees to Secure Contract (NYT, News, Gothamist)
Congratulations to Riders Alliance for Getting Andrew Cuomo to Ride the Subway (NY1, News)
Hit-and-Run Bronx Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Inside Restaurant Blames It On His Brakes (News)
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Man Crossing Gerritsen Beach Street Gets Four-and-a-Half Years (News)
What's the Appeal of Ferries as Transit Option? "There's Just Something Sexy About [It]" (Observer)
Uber Launches $10 Summer Flat Fare for Ride-Pooling Service Below 96th Street (News)
NYCHA Has Removed Eight Miles of Unnecessary Shedding from Sidewalks (Gothamist)
Parks to Fill Potholes on Shore Road Promenade After Urging from Gentile, CB 10 (Bklyn Daily)
WSJ Looks at Efforts to Rehab "Stairwell Streets" of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx

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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