Today’s Headlines
Pedestrian Broadway Makes Smashing Debut (NYT, News, Post, NY1, NPR, HuffPo) Times Arch Critic Likes Car-free Times Square, Frets Over Final Design Lawmakers Hoping David Gantt Will “See the Light” on Texting-While-Driving Ban (Star Gazette) London’s Cyclist Mayor Has Close Call on a Ride With UK Transport Minister (Guardian) Easier-to-Use Exits Will Speed Trips for … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on May 26, 2009
- Pedestrian Broadway Makes Smashing Debut (NYT, News, Post, NY1, NPR, HuffPo)
- Times Arch Critic Likes Car-free Times Square, Frets Over Final Design
- Lawmakers Hoping David Gantt Will “See the Light” on Texting-While-Driving Ban (Star Gazette)
- London’s Cyclist Mayor Has Close Call on a Ride With UK Transport Minister (Guardian)
- Easier-to-Use Exits Will Speed Trips for New NYC Buses (News)
- Driver Runs Over Traffic Agent to Avoid Parking Ticket, Breaks Both of Her Legs (NBC)
- MTA Names Least Reliable Subway Escalators and Elevators (Post)
- Parking Agents Setting a Bad Example at Westchester Square (News)
- Dukakis: Obama Should Give Detroit $5B to Make Transit Vehicles (Infrastructurist)
- Another Cost of Automobility — Silly Safety Campaigns (hugeasscity via Streetsblog.net)
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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