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Today’s Headlines

DOT Plans to Go Ahead With Eighth Ave Bike Lane (Villager)  MTA Tests Subway Digital Message Boards (2nd Ave Sagas)  Bus Drivers Prone to Assault From Fare-Evaders (News)  Zero Tolerance for Cellphone Use on NJ Commuter Buses (NYT) Port Authority Says Truck Driver Used Vanishing Plate to Evade Tolls (News)  Cycling Booming Around the World, … Continued
  • DOT Plans to Go Ahead With Eighth Ave Bike Lane (Villager
  • MTA Tests Subway Digital Message Boards (2nd Ave Sagas
  • Bus Drivers Prone to Assault From Fare-Evaders (News
  • Zero Tolerance for Cellphone Use on NJ Commuter Buses (NYT)
  • Port Authority Says Truck Driver Used Vanishing Plate to Evade Tolls (News
  • Cycling Booming Around the World, Except Where It Isn’t (WaPo)
  • Chinese Move on High-Speed Rail, Bus Rapid Transit (TRE, China BRT)
  • McCain Ad Casts Obama as Friend of Big Oil … (Radar
  • … as Palin Woos RNC With Calls for More Drilling (Grist
  • Manhattan-Size Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada (AP)
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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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