Today’s Headlines
That Traffic Disaster Near the Brooklyn Bridge? It’s Just a Movie Shoot (Newsday) Bronx Merchants Unite to Fight Parking Tickets (Daily News) Green Power Plant Planned for Randalls Island (City Limits) MTA Backtracks on Hell’s Kitchen No. 7 Stop (AMNY) Crackdown on Long Island ATVs: “There’s a War Out There” (Newsday) “Sharrows” Coming Soon to … Continued
9:43 AM EST on January 23, 2007
- That Traffic Disaster Near the Brooklyn Bridge? It’s Just a Movie Shoot (Newsday)
- Bronx Merchants Unite to Fight Parking Tickets (Daily News)
- Green Power Plant Planned for Randalls Island (City Limits)
- MTA Backtracks on Hell’s Kitchen No. 7 Stop (AMNY)
- Crackdown on Long Island ATVs: “There’s a War Out There” (Newsday)
- “Sharrows” Coming Soon to a Bike Lane Near You? (Bike Commute Tips Blog)
- Driving Drunk “a Lapse in Judgment,” says Councilman’s Lawyer (NYT)
Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author who has covered cities and transportation for publications such as Grist, CityLab, and Streetsblog.
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