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Today’s Headlines

9:05 AM EDT on May 21, 2009

    • Bloomberg: No More Funds for Atlantic Yards; City Needs "Safer Streets" Instead (Bklyn Paper)
    • MTA Says Fulton Street Transit Hub Will Be Built With Stim Cash (NYT)
    • Memorial Day Driving Expected to Rise Relative to Last Year (NYT)
    • Nassau County Announces Holiday DWI Crackdown (Newsday) 
    • Study Finds Nation's Worst Drivers in New York, New Jersey (NY1)
    • Elderly Woman Hit by Van Driver on UES (Post) 
    • Unnamed Staten Island Pedestrian Reported Injured, "Likely to Die" (SI Advance) 
    • Rest Easy, Queens: Chrysler Dealerships to Remain Open (Queens Courier)
    • Toronto Prioritizes Peds Even as Drivers Continue to Buy Cars (Toronto Sun via Planetizen)
    • Can Stop Signs Calm Traffic? (Newtown Streets via Streetsblog.net)
Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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