Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on July 13, 2009
- Raging Driver Kills Bronx Dad Crossing Street With Young Son, Injures 12 More (Post, News, NYT)
- As of Yesterday, New York’s Toll System Makes Even Less Sense (News)
- News: Finance Expert Jay Walder on Track to Head MTA; Sadik-Khan Approves
- Gov’t-Backed GM Is Out of Bankruptcy and Hoping the New Camaros Keep Selling (NYT, WSJ)
- Trend: Transit Agencies Outsourcing Service to Private Firms (WSJ – preview only)
- The White House Office of Urban Policy Is Finally Getting Busy This Week (WaPo)
- SI Pols Whip Up a Rally for “Improved” Roads (SI Advance)
- Construction of Bleecker St. Subway Transfer Delayed By Unstable Building (AMNY)
- Newark Couple Shuts Down the Boom-Car Business Next Door (Star-Ledger)
- Public Space Management, NYPD-Style (Post)
- Still on the Books: 1950s-era Ban on Bike Parking in Jacksonville CBD (Bike Jax via Streetsblog.net)
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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