Today’s Headlines
Debunking the Cars = Commerce Myth: Business Booming in Car-Free Times Square (NY1) Brooklyn Paper: Bike Lanes Don’t Belong on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue Driver in Central Park Cyclist Conflict Charged With Leaving Scene (Gawker) Mother of Cyclist Killed on Queens Boulevard Campaigns for Bike Lanes (News) Boston Biker Calls for On-Street Parking (via Streetsblog.net) … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:31 AM EDT on June 19, 2009
- Debunking the Cars = Commerce Myth: Business Booming in Car-Free Times Square (NY1)
- Brooklyn Paper: Bike Lanes Don’t Belong on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue
- Driver in Central Park Cyclist Conflict Charged With Leaving Scene (Gawker)
- Mother of Cyclist Killed on Queens Boulevard Campaigns for Bike Lanes (News)
- Boston Biker Calls for On-Street Parking (via Streetsblog.net)
- Weakened Economy Cited as MTA Fare and Toll Revenue Drops (Post)
- Upper East Side Taxi Stand Provides Cab-Share Preview (NYT)
- New Haven Citizens Use Cameras and SeeClickFix to Bust Speeders (NH Independent)
- Car Culture on the Wane: Struggling NASCAR Loses GM Support (Wheels)
- Then Again: City Drivers Eager to Cash In on “Clunkers” Subsidy (News)
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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