Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on July 22, 2009
- Second Ave Subway: Coming in 2016, or 2017, or ???? (News, Post, NYT, NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Young Cyclist Killed on Wantagh Parkway Bike Path by Drunken, Speeding Motorcyclist (1010WINS)
- Lt. Gov. Ravitch? Judge Rules Against Paterson Appointment (Daily Politics, Post, News)
- Joe Romm: Copenhagen Climate Treaty Could Fund Worldwide BRT Rollout (Climate Progress)
- Full Cost of Distracted, Faster Driving: 25,000 Deaths and $1 Trillion (Infrastructurist)
- Maspeth Residents Fight Plan for Rail-Based Waste Transfer Station (News)
- For a Free Ride on IKEA Water Taxi, You’ll Have to Prove You’re a Customer (Bklyn Eagle)
- Delivery Trucks Ignore Protected Bike Path by Eighth Ave Gristedes (Cyclosity)
- Disturbing Vid of Bike-Ped Confrontation Gone Ugly Is Making the Rounds (AnimalNY, Gothamist)
- Sidewalk Nibbling: Cars Chomp Away at DC Ped Space (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)
More headlines 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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