Today’s Headlines
London Director in the Running for NYC Transit Post (Daily News) Suggestions Offered for ‘Utterly Disastrous’ AY Traffic (Gowanus Lounge) Climate Report Warns of Faster and Wider Damage (NYT) Related: U.N. Cites Human Activity in Current Climate Shift (NYT) Gore to Host Opening of Tribeca Film Fest (AMNY) Designers Say New York Isn’t a ‘Car … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:19 AM EDT on April 6, 2007
- London Director in the Running for NYC Transit Post (Daily News)
- Suggestions Offered for ‘Utterly Disastrous’ AY Traffic (Gowanus Lounge)
- Climate Report Warns of Faster and Wider Damage (NYT)
- Related: U.N. Cites Human Activity in Current Climate Shift (NYT)
- Gore to Host Opening of Tribeca Film Fest (AMNY)
- Designers Say New York Isn’t a ‘Car City’ (NYT)
- Residents Compete with Yankee Fans for Parking (Daily News)
- Council Members Consider Loosening Parking Regs [Third Item] (Queens Gazette)
- Volunteer Enforcement Nets Parking Violators (Newsday)
- Idling Motorists Face Jail Time (Newsday)
- Court Weighs Reliability of Drunken Driving Test (AMNY)
- Seaports May Provide Blueprint for Leasing Toll Roads (NYT)
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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