Today’s Headlines
State DOT: We’d Rather Have the Sheridan Keep on Blighting the Bronx (NYT) More Fare Hike 2011 Details: Single-Ride Cards Going Up to $2.50 (News) NYCDOT: State DOT Withholding Huge Sums in Federal Funding for Local NYC Projects (SI Advance) Speeding SUV Driver Who Killed Vespa-Riding Brooklyn Mom Might Be Federal Agent (Bklyn Paper) Motorhead … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EDT on July 14, 2010
- State DOT: We’d Rather Have the Sheridan Keep on Blighting the Bronx (NYT)
- More Fare Hike 2011 Details: Single-Ride Cards Going Up to $2.50 (News)
- NYCDOT: State DOT Withholding Huge Sums in Federal Funding for Local NYC Projects (SI Advance)
- Speeding SUV Driver Who Killed Vespa-Riding Brooklyn Mom Might Be Federal Agent (Bklyn Paper)
- Motorhead Judge Lewis Kaplan Adds Insult to Injury for Proponents of Cyclists’ Rights (Post)
- AG Hopeful Schneiderman in Hit-and-Run of the Car-Scraping Variety (NYT, NY1)
- TWU Members Leave MTA Hearings in Protest; Samuelsen: MTA Going Thru the Motions (NY1)
- News: Albany’s Got to Undo Laws That Protect Drunk Drivers
- Doctoroff Optimistic That Congestion Pricing Will Rise Again (Urban Omnibus)
- Kaid Benfield Weighs in on Streetcar Grant Winners and Losers (Switchboard)
- Would You Want to Steal This Bike? (Core77)
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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