Today’s Headlines
NYPD: Carnage-Inflicting Squad Car Was Responding to Emergency Call (NYT, News, Gothamist) NJ Judge Clears Driver of All Charges for Killing Cyclist Camille Savoy (Benepe’s Bike Blog) Jerrold Nadler: Obama Admin Dropped the Ball on Transpo Bill Reauth (WNYC) Have Fun Picking Apart This Lazy NYT Piece on Car-Free Times Square Tom Friedman to Senate: … Continued
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Ben Fried
9:04 AM EDT on July 1, 2009
- NYPD: Carnage-Inflicting Squad Car Was Responding to Emergency Call (NYT, News, Gothamist)
- NJ Judge Clears Driver of All Charges for Killing Cyclist Camille Savoy (Benepe’s Bike Blog)
- Jerrold Nadler: Obama Admin Dropped the Ball on Transpo Bill Reauth (WNYC)
- Have Fun Picking Apart This Lazy NYT Piece on Car-Free Times Square
- Tom Friedman to Senate: Just Get the Climate Bill Done (NYT)
- State’s Highest Court Will Hear Appeal in Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Case (NYT, News)
- How to Talk Up Transit to a Conservative (Infrastructurist)
- Texting While Driving: See Just How Much It Slows Reaction Time (How We Drive)
- Bike Mode Share in Vancouver Is Up to Four Percent (Planetizen)
- Portland on an On-Street Bike Parking Binge (BikePortland 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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