Today’s Headlines

8:53 AM EDT on October 1, 2015

City Hall's Times Square Task Force Backs Plazas, Proposes Limits on Performers (NYT)
Man Arrested After Intentionally Mowing Down Construction Workers in Midtown (DNA)
More Coverage of Uber Driver Who Hit Kids on Bronx Sidewalk (News, Post, Gothamist)
Tractor-Trailer Driver Injures Man in Crown Heights Crosswalk (DNA)
Port Authority Commissioner Kenneth Lipper Wants Amtrak Ticket Fees to Pay for Tunnel (Politico)
Republican Senate Leader Flanagan, Like Cuomo, Thinks City Should Pay More to MTA (Politico)
DOT Begins Installing Brooklyn Heights Slow Zone (Bklyn Daily Eagle)
State DOT Chief Matt Driscoll Says He May or May Not Tear Down I-81 in Syracuse (Post-Standard)
City Now Paying to Run Staten Island Ferry Every 30 Minutes Overnight (NY1)
Bayside Enjoys Car-Free Streets on Bell Boulevard Sunday Stroll (TL)
LA Metro and the MTA Get Into Twitter Fight in Advance of Mets-Dodgers Series (Post, Gothamist)

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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