Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on October 13, 2009
- 11-Year-Old Dies After Drunk Parent Ignores Daughter’s Pleas to Drive Carefully (News 1, 2, NYT)
- A Long, Dangerous Weekend: Recklessly Driving Moms Put Children’s Lives at Risk (News 1, 2)
- Meanwhile, NYPD Cracks Down on Bikes Without Headlights at Brooklyn Critical Mass (Yawen Chen)
- Traffic Jams Good for the Earth? David Owen’s Muddled Critique of Congestion Pricing (WSJ)
- If You Can’t Get Enough Bike Lane Bickering, Read This Pair of City Room Posts
- Nicole Gelinas: Walder Should Use New MTA Tech to Determine If TWU Engages in Slowdown (Post)
- Bronx Beep Thinks Kingsbridge Armory Project Needs More Parking to Relieve Congestion (News)
- Brooklyn College Plans to Pave Community Garden, Put Up a Parking Lot (News)
- MTA Admits F Train Performance Stinks, Has a Plan to Improve It (City Room, SAS, Bklyn Paper)
- Pilot Program Seeks to Make a Bus Ride to La Guardia More Appealing (City Room, SAS, NY1)
- Flurry of Outdoor Subway Repairs Leads to Epic Weekend Service Disruptions (NYT)
- DMV Outrage! NY Vehicle Registration Stickers Don’t Stick (NYT)
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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