Today’s Headlines
More Park(ing) Day Coverage (NYT, WSJ, City Room, BikeBlog, Sus. Flatbush) NYT Likes the Idea of Cars ‘Protecting’ Cyclists From Cars (NYT) Park Ave Ped Signals Could Come Next Year (NYT) Cobble Hill Motorists Want Those Five Spaces (Brooklyn Paper) Existing Concrete Yards Exempted From Proposed Regs (NYT) Verrazano Congestion Backs Into Neighborhoods, Blocks Driveways … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:42 AM EDT on September 24, 2007
- More Park(ing) Day Coverage (NYT, WSJ, City Room, BikeBlog, Sus. Flatbush)
- NYT Likes the Idea of Cars ‘Protecting’ Cyclists From Cars (NYT)
- Park Ave Ped Signals Could Come Next Year (NYT)
- Cobble Hill Motorists Want Those Five Spaces (Brooklyn Paper)
- Existing Concrete Yards Exempted From Proposed Regs (NYT)
- Verrazano Congestion Backs Into Neighborhoods, Blocks Driveways (NYT)
- Drivers Ignore Stop Sign at BQE Entrance (Gowanus Lounge)
- East River Development Would Replace Street Segments (NYT)
- Residents Want Downtown Street Opened to Cars (NYT)
- Gale Brewer Backs Bus Cameras (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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