Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on January 26, 2010
- Kirsten Gillibrand Wants $15B for City Transit Included in Fed Jobs Bill (MOP)
- Beleaguered Bus Riders Will Bear the Brunt of Service Cuts (SAS, Post)
- NY1 Covers Elmhurst Hospital’s Alarming Pedestrian Casualty Study; DOT Sticks to Script
- Brooklyn Paper Breaks Out Its Own Tape Measure for LIRR’s BK Bunker
- Cops Targeting Manhattan Sidewalk Cyclists; Curb–Jumping Drivers, Carry On (Post)
- NYPD Ticketed 8,700 for Stretching Out on the Subway Last Year (News)
- There’s Just No End to the Wailing Over Queens Parking (News)
- New Service Texts LIRR Arrival Info (NY1, News)
- Ex-NYCT Chief Howard Roberts Joins Up With Gridlock Sam (News)
- U.S. DOT Bans Texting by Truck and Bus Drivers (Bits)
- Obligatory NYT Texting Pedestrians Story Followed by Obligatory Smattering of Letters
- A Child Shall Lead? Fewer Teens Consider Driving a Priority (WaPo)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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