Today’s Headlines
Bloomberg: No More Funds for Atlantic Yards; City Needs “Safer Streets” Instead (Bklyn Paper) MTA Says Fulton Street Transit Hub Will Be Built With Stim Cash (NYT) Memorial Day Driving Expected to Rise Relative to Last Year (NYT) Nassau County Announces Holiday DWI Crackdown (Newsday) Study Finds Nation’s Worst Drivers in New York, New Jersey … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:05 AM EDT on May 21, 2009
- Bloomberg: No More Funds for Atlantic Yards; City Needs “Safer Streets” Instead (Bklyn Paper)
- MTA Says Fulton Street Transit Hub Will Be Built With Stim Cash (NYT)
- Memorial Day Driving Expected to Rise Relative to Last Year (NYT)
- Nassau County Announces Holiday DWI Crackdown (Newsday)
- Study Finds Nation’s Worst Drivers in New York, New Jersey (NY1)
- Elderly Woman Hit by Van Driver on UES (Post)
- Unnamed Staten Island Pedestrian Reported Injured, “Likely to Die” (SI Advance)
- Rest Easy, Queens: Chrysler Dealerships to Remain Open (Queens Courier)
- Toronto Prioritizes Peds Even as Drivers Continue to Buy Cars (Toronto Sun via Planetizen)
- Can Stop Signs Calm Traffic? (Newtown Streets via Streetsblog.net)
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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