Today’s Headlines
Senate Can’t Muster the Will to Touch Transportation in Its “Climate” Bill (ClimateWire) …Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico… (NYT) DA to Investigate Fatal Crash That NYPD Ignored; Witness: Cops Were Indifferent (Bklyn Paper) Stimulate This! The Growing Appeal of Highway Teardowns (Marketplace) Bloomberg, HUD Sec Plug NYC’s First Public Electric Car Charging Station (News, … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EDT on July 15, 2010
- Senate Can’t Muster the Will to Touch Transportation in Its “Climate” Bill (ClimateWire)
- …Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico… (NYT)
- DA to Investigate Fatal Crash That NYPD Ignored; Witness: Cops Were Indifferent (Bklyn Paper)
- Stimulate This! The Growing Appeal of Highway Teardowns (Marketplace)
- Bloomberg, HUD Sec Plug NYC’s First Public Electric Car Charging Station (News, WNYC)
- Pogan Sentencing: No Jail Time, No Punishment for Lying About Cyclist Assault (Post, City Room)
- Hit-and-Run Killer Arrested After Taking the Life of Coney Island Pedestrian (AP)
- Smart Card Payment All the Rage in NYC Cabs (AMNY)
- Joe Bruno Is One Step Closer to Going Car-Free (News)
- Got a Question About Obama Admin’s Sustainable Communities Initiative? (Planetizen)
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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