Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

City Releases Guidebook for 21st-Century Street Design (NYT) More on Yesterday’s Car-Free Broadway Reveal (NYT, Post) Police Step Up Enforcement on Staten Island Reckless Drivers (SI Advance) Questionable Scofflaw Cyclist Study Makes Headlines Again (City Room, Post) Grist Breaks Down Obama Admin Mileage Standards (via Streetsblog.net) Detroit Sees Waning Influence in DC (NYT) Teen City … Continued

By Brad Aaron

9:06 AM EDT on May 20, 2009

City Releases Guidebook for 21st-Century Street Design (NYT)
More on Yesterday’s Car-Free Broadway Reveal (NYT, Post)
Police Step Up Enforcement on Staten Island Reckless Drivers (SI Advance)
Questionable Scofflaw Cyclist Study Makes Headlines Again (City Room, Post)
Grist Breaks Down Obama Admin Mileage Standards (via Streetsblog.net)
Detroit Sees Waning Influence in DC (NYT)
Teen City Council Candidate Vows to Oppose Second Ave Subway (Gothamist)
Tom Vanderbilt: Trains Slower Now Than in the 1920s (Slate)
Suburbanites Long for City Amenities (NM Business Weekly)
Texting While Driving Is Deadly, and Over 25 Percent of Motorists Do It (Gadgetwise)
Car Columnist Skewers Honda Hybrid, Calls for More Hydrogen Research (Times)

Brad Aaron

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.

Today's Headlines

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