Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Brad Aaron
9:08 AM EDT on October 8, 2009
- Shocker: Vincent Gentile’s DOT “Review” Bill Spurred by Brooklyn Bike Lane (Observer)
- Reckless Driver Plows Into Queens Bus Stop, Injuring 7; NYPD: “Just an Accident” (News, Post, WCBS)
- Decrepit Hunts Point 6 Station One of 50 Targeted by Under-Funded MTA Capital Plan (News, City Hall)
- Lots of Subway Maintenance Scheduled This Weekend (Post)
- Fulton Street Center Reportedly on Track for 2014 Completion (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Livable Streets Education Marks Walk to School Day in Washington Square (Planetizen)
- Fearing for Kids’ Lives, New Dorp Residents Turn to Homemade Speed Bumps (Advance)
- School Plans Raise Traffic Fears in Boerum Hill (Bklyn Eagle)
- Visitors Flocked to Car-Free Governors Island This Summer (Metro)
- Meet Bill de Blasio’s Republican Challenger, Aide to Sen. Andrew Lanza (NY1)
- Post Continues Wall-to-Wall Coverage of “Street Clogging” Pedicabs; Priceless Quotes Ensue
- Car-Crazed Miami on the Verge of Approving Bike Master Plan (Transit Miami via Streetsblog.net)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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