Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Drunk Driving NYPD Sergeant Charged for Gravely Injuring 68-Year-Old Pedestrian (News) LA, DC, Atlanta and Houston Top List of Most Congested U.S. Cities (AP) Here’s an Idea for Albany: Constitutional Convention (WSJ) Wider Goethals Bridge Will Attract Up to 40 Percent More Traffic (MTR) U.S. Regulators Think They Can Curb Volatile Swings in Energy Prices … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on July 8, 2009

Drunk Driving NYPD Sergeant Charged for Gravely Injuring 68-Year-Old Pedestrian (News)
LA, DC, Atlanta and Houston Top List of Most Congested U.S. Cities (AP)
Here’s an Idea for Albany: Constitutional Convention (WSJ)
Wider Goethals Bridge Will Attract Up to 40 Percent More Traffic (MTR)
U.S. Regulators Think They Can Curb Volatile Swings in Energy Prices (NYT)
This Guy Is Running for City Council on an Anti-Parking Enforcement Platform (News)
NYers Gather in Streets and Public Spaces to Say Goodbye to Michael Jackson (Post, AMNY)
New App Helps Straphangers Pick the Most Time-Efficient Subway Car (AMNY, City Room)
Bklyn Paper: You Can Park a Scooter “Almost Anywhere”
Guerilla Bike Lanes: Some Cities Need ’em, Others Don’t (A2W 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.

Today's Headlines

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