Today’s Headlines
Times: Port Authority Should Invest in Transportation, Not Real Estate Unnamed Electeds “Furious” Over Revised Atlantic Yards Deal (Post) Contractor Dispute Further Delays Overdue MTA Tech Upgrade (Post) EDC Apparently Scaling Back Plans to Fix BQE “Ditch” (Bklyn Paper) Driver Shot, Slams SUV Into Bar in East Harlem (News) Brooklyn CB 1 Wants Fewer Street … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:06 AM EDT on June 22, 2009
- Times: Port Authority Should Invest in Transportation, Not Real Estate
- Unnamed Electeds “Furious” Over Revised Atlantic Yards Deal (Post)
- Contractor Dispute Further Delays Overdue MTA Tech Upgrade (Post)
- EDC Apparently Scaling Back Plans to Fix BQE “Ditch” (Bklyn Paper)
- Driver Shot, Slams SUV Into Bar in East Harlem (News)
- Brooklyn CB 1 Wants Fewer Street Cleanings, Alternate Side Reprieve (Bklyn Paper)
- Philadelphia Officials Say “Parking Wars” Reality Show Is Bad for City’s Image (NYT)
- Hundreds Welcome Summer With Times Square Yoga Session (Post)
- Community Bike Race Alive and Well in Harlem (NYT)
- Where Are the Happy Suburban Stories? (Design New Haven via Streetsblog.net)
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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