Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on July 15, 2009
- Jay Walder Meets the New York Media (NYT, Post, Newsday, NY1, AMNY, WNYC, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- News to State Senate: Walder Deserves a Speedy Confirmation
- NYPD’s Weak Traffic Enforcement Got a Lot of Coverage Yesterday (City Room, Post, NY1, Gothamist)
- Will This Get NYPD’s Attention? Undercover Cops Aren’t Safe From Curb-Jumping Cars (News)
- TSTC: Don’t Pay for Next MTA Capital Program By Saddling Straphangers With More Debt
- Tour de Queens Is the Only Time You Can Feel Safe Riding on Queens Boulevard (News)
- Brooklyn Paper Files an Epic Report on the State of Bicycling in Amsterdam
- City Room Tries Out the Queens Around the World Bike Map
- Vélib Turns Two Today (World Streets via Streetsblog.net)
- The Walder Pic in This Daily News Story Is So Ridiculous, It Gets Its Own Headline
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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