Today's Headlines

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

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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