Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on September 24, 2015

City Readies for Pope Carmageddon (NYT, WSJ), But Mitchell Moss Isn't Worried (Politico)
Imagine, Just for a Second, If the Pope Didn't Get Driven Around Manhattan (New Yorker, News)
Queens CB 7 Votes Against Q44 Select Bus Service in Flushing (TL)
Observer and 2nd Avenue Sagas Are Sick of the Political Drama Over MTA Funding
Army Corps Inspects Shore Road Promenade to Assess Flooding Problems (Bklyn Daily Eagle)
Hit-and-Run TLC Driver Injures Man at Amsterdam Ave and 106th (West Side Rag)
Motorcyclist Dies After Crashing on Cypress Hills Street (News); Speed Likely a Factor (@NYPD104Pct)
Real-Time Bus Time Info Will Now Include Minute Estimates, Not Just Distance (Forum)
The Case for a Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront Streetcar (Bklyn Daily Eagle)
City Spends $5.87 on Each SI Ferry Rider (Advance) and Electeds Can't Get Enough (Forum)
Carl Heastie Among Lawmakers Who Left Albany With Unpaid Parking Tickets (News)

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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