Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EST on December 11, 2009

Doomsday Service Cuts Are Back; Bus and Subway Routes on the Chopping Block (News)
State Senate Transpo Chair Martin Dilan Gets in on the MTA Bashing (Politicker, Daily Politics)
Nicole Gelinas: MTA Payroll Tax Will Fluctuate Wildly, Just How Albany Likes It (Post)
Bronx Dem Machine Won’t Challenge One-Man Train Wreck Pedro Espada (City Hall)
Unlicensed SUV Driver Severely Injures Two Brooklyn Teens; Charged With Assault, DWI (PIX, News)
Motorist Crashes Into Bus Full of Toddlers, Prompting Calls to Tame Traffic on 69th Road (Your Nabe)
Astoria Residents, Electeds Rally for a Safer 21st Ave (Queens Gazette, Your Nabe)
Bikes in Buildings Law Takes Effect Today — Be Prepared (AMNY, Bklyn Paper, Gothamist, NY1)
State DOT Widened SI Expressway Without Any Environmental Review (MTR)
Intense Windshield Perspective on Bedford Ave Bike Lane Removal — Yikes! (Yeshiva World)
Baruch Herzfeld: Hasids Give Thumbs Up When I Bike By (Gothamist)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

Streetsblog will be on a light publishing schedule again today, but we’ve got some good stuff on the way.

Ben Fried

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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