Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EDT on August 21, 2009
- Parents of Michael Needham, Jr. Sue City for Failing to Install Speed Bump (News)
- TWU: Bloomberg OK’d 4 Percent Annual Raises (NYT, News, Post)
- Appeals Court Blocks Ravitch From Serving as Lt. Gov (City Room, News)
- Sadik-Khan at Bixi Demo: NYC ‘Doing a Complete Evaluation’ of Bike-Share (NYFI)
- NYPD Goes on One-Day Distracted Driving Crackdown (CBS)
- News Reporter Repents — In Print, at Least — For Txting-While-Driving
- Parking Enforcement Gives Bronx Drivers Persecution Complex (Riverdale Press)
- Another Gem of Urbanism Rises on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (Brownstoner)
- Georgia Road Expansions Feast on Stim Cash as State DOT Starves Rail Projects (AJC)
- Florida DOT Has a Cars-Only Fixation Too (Transit Miami via Streetsblog.net)
- Subsidizing Car Purchases: Smart or Dumb? Kossacks Weigh In
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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