Today’s Headlines
Van Hits Bike Shop Across Street From TransAlt (Razor Apple & Curbed) Burnt, Abandoned Taxi Spotted on East 40th Street (Curbed) Man Hit by SUV and Bus Dies; SUV Driver Flees (NY Post) Officer Survives FDR Hit-and-Run After Homeless Man Assists (Daily News) Bomb Squad Called After Trucks Collide in the Bronx (AP via Daily News) Harlem Speeder/Killer Will … Continued
7:58 AM EDT on July 21, 2006
- Van Hits Bike Shop Across Street From TransAlt (Razor Apple & Curbed)
- Burnt, Abandoned Taxi Spotted on East 40th Street (Curbed)
- Man Hit by SUV and Bus Dies; SUV Driver Flees (NY Post)
- Officer Survives FDR Hit-and-Run After Homeless Man Assists (Daily News)
- Bomb Squad Called After Trucks Collide in the Bronx (AP via Daily News)
- Harlem Speeder/Killer Will Spend 3 Years in Jail (NY Post)
- L.I. Driver Charged in Priest Death Had DWI Record (Newsday)
- Police Crack Down on Motorcycle and Scooter Drivers (NYT)
- Crash Ended Long Day for Bravest; Cabbie Not Charged (Daily News)
- Police Cruiser Receives Parking Ticket on Upper West Side (Curbed)
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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