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 (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)
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