Today's Headlines

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

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.

Today's Headlines

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