Today’s Headlines
Park(ing) Day Challenges Use of Public Space (Gotham Gazette, Wonkster) City Seeks to Ban Frontyard Parking (Daily Eagle) Liu Encourages Queens Drivers to Protest Pricing (Queens Gazette) Spitzer Report Recommends MTA Emergency Management Measures (Daily News) Subway Stations, Not Tunnels, to Have Cell Service (NYT, Post, Daily News, Sun) No. 7 Line Extension Draws Just … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:41 AM EDT on September 20, 2007
- Park(ing) Day Challenges Use of Public Space (Gotham Gazette, Wonkster)
- City Seeks to Ban Frontyard Parking (Daily Eagle)
- Liu Encourages Queens Drivers to Protest Pricing (Queens Gazette)
- Spitzer Report Recommends MTA Emergency Management Measures (Daily News)
- Subway Stations, Not Tunnels, to Have Cell Service (NYT, Post, Daily News, Sun)
- No. 7 Line Extension Draws Just One Bidder (Sun)
- New Pedicab Rules on Hold (AMNY)
- Cabbies Sue City Over New Taxi Tech (Post, AMNY)
- Cab Driver Has Fatal Heart Attack Behind the Wheel (Post, Daily News)
- ‘Breath Lock’ Law Applied to DWI Offenders Statewide (Queens Courier)
- Brits Prefer Death to Exercise (BBC)
- Should London Be Car-Free? (AutoblogGreen)
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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