Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
9:59 AM EST on November 2, 2009
- Everyone’s Chipping in to Fund MTA, But Not NYC Car Commuters (NYT, News, Post, WNYC)
- NYPD Detective Charged for DWI Killing of Bronx Grandmother (News)
- City Bus Hits and Kills Bronx Man (News)
- Rev. Al’s Daughter Charged With Resisting Arrest After Cops Ticket Her for Red Light Running (Post)
- SI Beep Candidate John Luisi Says He’ll Stop the War on Borough’s Cyclists (Examiner)
- As Bike-Share Booms, Reports of Velib’s Troubles Surface Again (NYT)
- NY’s Watered-Down Texting Ban Now in Effect (NY1)
- Britain’s Anti-Texting Law Doesn’t Play Down Deadly Consequences of Distracted Driving (NYT)
- Design Competition Re-envisions Grand Concourse (City Room)
- Is the New Yankee Stadium Strangling Foot Traffic for the Businesses Next Door? (1010 WINS)
- Phillies Ace Cliff Lee Bailed on Cab, Took Trusty Subway Rest of the Way to WS Game 1 (Gothamist)
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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