Today’s Headlines
Storm Spurs Talk of Climate Shift (Sun) NY Area Faces More Intense Storms, Rising Sea Levels (WNYC) Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming (NYT) Brooklyn CB Says “No” to New Bus Rapid Transit Routes (Brooklyn Paper) 200-Plus Rally Against Demolition for Parking Lots (AYR) Woman Pinned Beneath Wheel of SUV Dies, No Charges Filed … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on April 16, 2007
- Storm Spurs Talk of Climate Shift (Sun)
- NY Area Faces More Intense Storms, Rising Sea Levels (WNYC)
- Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming (NYT)
- Brooklyn CB Says “No” to New Bus Rapid Transit Routes (Brooklyn Paper)
- 200-Plus Rally Against Demolition for Parking Lots (AYR)
- Woman Pinned Beneath Wheel of SUV Dies, No Charges Filed (AMNY)
- Pedestrian Killed in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
- New Yorkers ‘Enjoy’ Long Commutes (New Yorker via Wonkster)
- Fare-Skippers Crowding MTA Buses (Post)
- Drawings Surface for Coney Island Ped Bridge (Gowanus Lounge)
- Driver Who Caused Corzine Crash ‘Inexperienced’ (AMNY)
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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