Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Sheer Luck Spares Life of 6 Month Old Baby in NYPD Cruiser Carnage (News) On Transport, Second Ave Sagas Question Straphangers Campaign; Gene Russianoff Responds House Dem on Gas Tax Increase: “The Votes Aren’t There” (Streetsblog Cap Hill) After Cyclist Death, Calls to Make 5th Ave Safer: “Delivery Zones on Every Corner” (Brooklyn Paper) Gas … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:06 AM EDT on July 2, 2009

Sheer Luck Spares Life of 6 Month Old Baby in NYPD Cruiser Carnage (News)
On Transport, Second Ave Sagas Question Straphangers Campaign; Gene Russianoff Responds
House Dem on Gas Tax Increase: “The Votes Aren’t There” (Streetsblog Cap Hill)
After Cyclist Death, Calls to Make 5th Ave Safer: “Delivery Zones on Every Corner” (Brooklyn Paper)
Gas Giveaway Gimmicks From Car Companies — They’re Back (News, Wheels)
Latest Press Attempt to Drum Up Outrage at MTA Zeroes in on Exec Health Package (News)
Another Report Surfaces of Violently Angry, Bike Lane Blocking Motorist Behavior (Cyclosity)
Brooklyn Paper Covers Park Circle Safety Fixes
NY Stimulus Tracking Sites: Not as Transparent and Accountable as You’d Like (WNYC)
Intermodal Bike Parking Construction Porn (DC Bike Examiner 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.

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