Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Ben Fried
- Goldsmith Raises Prospect of Privatizing NYC's Parking Meters (Post)
- FDNY Tests Out New Non-Emergency Response: Driving Normally (NYT)
- Transpo Projects Grind to a Halt in NJ as ARC Tunnel Dispute Heats Up (Star-Ledger)
- MTA's Efforts to Streamline Management Turn Into Bad Press for the MTA (Post)
- Schumer's Running an Ad Touting His Support for Transit Commuter Tax Break (Transpo Nation)
- Joyriding 16-Year-Old Speeds Down Midwood Street @ 63 mph, Kills Passenger in Crash (News, Post)
- At Least Barclays Center Won't Repeat LIRR's Atlantic Terminal Bollard Blunder (Bklyn Paper)
- Damned PPW Bike Lane Messing With the Right to Compose Shopping Lists in Traffic (Brooklynian)
- Times Editor Fantasizes About Banishing "Pushy Drivers" to Transit (City Room)
- New $612M Willis Ave Bridge Officially Opens; Still Free to Drive Across (NY1)
- Bob Mionske Gets Inside the Head of Hit-and-Run Motorists (Bicycling)
- Looks Like Vito Lopez Has a Few Placards to Spare (Daily Politics -- scroll down)
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