Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EDT on September 1, 2009
- Clyde Haberman: New York’s Texting Ban Has No Teeth (NYT)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Bronx Man on Bruckner Blvd; Victim Unlikely to Survive (News)
- Driver Who Killed Paula Jimenez Charged With Second-Degree Homicide (News)
- After Two Weeks Without Service, 181st Street Station Back in Business (NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- One Good Thing to Come From Subway Ceiling Collapse: MTA Joins Twitterverse (City Room)
- Thank God for Traffic Tickets (Slate)
- There’s a New NJ Transit Entrance to Penn Station (The Local, NY1, AP)
- Did You Know? NYC Bus Drivers Used to Make Change for Passengers (City Room)
- Portland Gets Its First Cycle Track Two Years After NYC’s (Bike Portland)
- Would Bike Lanes Function Better If Sidewalks Were Wider? (On Transport)
- Unsettling Video: Red-Light Running Pol Rams Cyclist (Cyclelicious 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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