Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Ben Fried

8:21 AM EST on January 7, 2010

Driving While Surfing: Touch Screens and Internet Apps Invade the Dashboard (NYT)
2nd Ave Sagas and On Transport Smack Down Peter Vallone’s Lazy MTA-Bashing
Gay Activists Take Aim at Bridge Toll-Blocking, Same-Sex Marriage Foe Carl Kruger (Post)
Albany Dysfunction Has Bond Raters Worried About MTA (Bloomberg)
Texas Starts Eyeing a Mileage Tax (Houston Chron via Planetizen)
Boris Johnson’s Transpo Policies Costing London Transit; Sadiq Khan Not Pleased (Ealing Gazette)
Brooklyn CB7 Won’t Be Getting a Fresh Face to Replace Outgoing Chair Randy Peers (Bklyn Eagle)
Traffic on Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge Flowing Fine After Dedicating a Lane to Bikes (Globe and Mail)
Curious About Bike Commuting in the Cold? Mechanic Eric Schofield Has Some Tips (City Room)
Webster’s 2009 Word of the Year: Distracted Driving (Active Transportation Alliance)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.

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.

Today's Headlines

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