Today’s Headlines
Albany at a Standstill After Hiram Monserrate Switches Parties, Again (NYT) More Coverage of Yesterday’s Bicycle Access Bill Hearing (City Room, Observer, NYFI) Survey: New York Has Angriest, Most Aggressive Drivers in U.S. (SI Advance) Council Mems Falling Over Themselves to Shield Drivers From Parking Tickets (Bklyn Eagle) Post Says Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:10 AM EDT on June 16, 2009
- Albany at a Standstill After Hiram Monserrate Switches Parties, Again (NYT)
- More Coverage of Yesterday’s Bicycle Access Bill Hearing (City Room, Observer, NYFI)
- Survey: New York Has Angriest, Most Aggressive Drivers in U.S. (SI Advance)
- Council Mems Falling Over Themselves to Shield Drivers From Parking Tickets (Bklyn Eagle)
- Post Says Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes
- Grand Concourse Bike Lane Extended (Norwood News)
- Queens Precinct Pledges July 4 Drunk Driving Crackdown; Does It Matter? (Queens Gazette)
- Half of World’s Traffic Fatalities Are Not in Cars (Baltimore Spokes via Streetsblog.net)
- Obama Admin Reportedly Looking to “Downsize” Mid-Size Cities (Telegraph)
- Brad Pitt Cutout Used to Calm Traffic in Russia (HuffPo)
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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