Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

By Ben Fried

9:06 AM EDT on July 17, 2009

U.S. House Won’t Let Car Companies Trim Bloated, Wasteful Dealerships (NYT)
State Senate Passes Albany’s Watered Down Txting-While-Driving Bill (Post)
Bronx CB7 Approves 400-Parking Spot Kingsbridge Armory Retail Project (News, Norwood News)
Bronx Prosecutors Charge Killer Hit-and-Run Driver With Manslaughter (News)
First Bogota’s BRT, Now Seoul’s Freeway Teardown: NYT Reports on a Global Livable Streets Success
Clyde Haberman: Jay Walder Has to Be Confirmed By Senate Clowns? Oy Vey! (NYT)
2nd Ave Sagas on the Tall Tasks That Await Walder
Indisputable Proof That the Sheridan Expressway Is Totally Useless (MTR)
Correction: Whole Foods Still Plans to Build a Huge Parking Lot on Third Ave (Brooklyn Paper)
Times Square Gets a Little More Car-Free (City Room)
GGW Is Rallying the Troops Against a $4B Freeway Boondoggle Outside DC (via Streetsblog.net)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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

Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.

More from Streetsblog New York City

Delivery

‘Really Precarious’: Wages Are Up, But Delivery Work Is Still Unsafe and Unpredictable

The city's delivery worker minimum wage law has been successful in delivering higher wages, but didn't solve poor working conditions and deactivations that keep workers unsafe and unstable, a new city report reveals.