Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:20 AM EDT on October 20, 2009
- Walder: NYC Needs to Prioritize Buses on the Street (NYT)
- New MTA Chief Will Keep Pursuing Lawsuit to Void TWU Contract (News 1, 2)
- Advance to SI Parents: Quit Complaining About Traffic Enforcement in School Zones
- Bay Ridge Gets a Ferry Launch at 69th Street Pier; Still Waiting for Ferry Service (Bklyn Paper)
- Planning Commission Approves Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Project (City Room)
- Wanted: Volunteers to Document Truck Traffic in Williamsburg and Greenpoint (MTR)
- Pilot Project Whets Appetite for Complete Streets in St. Louis (Switchboard)
- Starting in February You Can Let Honda Teach You “How to Ride a Bike” (Uber Gizmo)
- Now for Something More Useful: New Bike Locks Hitting the Market (TreeHugger)
- Speeding Fines Ain’t What They Used to Be (How We Drive)
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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