Today’s Headlines
Liberal Cyclist Ticketed for Not Being Far Left Enough (OnNYTurf) Critical Mass Rider Sees Pedestrian Hit by Car and Possibly Killed (Indymedia) Commenters Poke Fun at WCBS Reporter for Placard Abuse Expose (NYPD Rant) Officer Gets Revenge at TransAlt for Placard Abuse Story (NYPD Rant) Developer Agrees to Scale Down Catskills Resort in Watershed (NYT) Pressure Mounts to … Continued
9:23 AM EDT on August 29, 2006
- Liberal Cyclist Ticketed for Not Being Far Left Enough (OnNYTurf)
- Critical Mass Rider Sees Pedestrian Hit by Car and Possibly Killed (Indymedia)
- Commenters Poke Fun at WCBS Reporter for Placard Abuse Expose (NYPD Rant)
- Officer Gets Revenge at TransAlt for Placard Abuse Story (NYPD Rant)
- Developer Agrees to Scale Down Catskills Resort in Watershed (NYT)
- Pressure Mounts to Curb the Size of Atlantic Yards (NY Sun)
- Rusting Brooklyn Bridge Needs a Paint Job (NY Sun)
- Nun Hit by Cadillac Is in Critical Condition (Daily News)
- South Bronx Community Fights Sludge Plant (City Limits)
- LIRR Train Gets Stuck Under East River for 90 Minutes (Newsday)
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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