Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
9:14 AM EDT on October 13, 2010
- The News Slams SBS Speeds, Even While Admitting Things Will Quickly Improve
- Why Won’t Christie Pay for ARC Tunnel? David Brooks Blames Public Employee Compensation (NYT)
- With Two Week Reprieve for ARC, Tri-State Launches New E-Action Page (MTR)
- Inner-Ring Suburbs With Rail Access to NYC Lead Housing Recovery (WSJ)
- Paterson Touts Three Smart Growth Laws in Trip to Buffalo (Governor’s Office)
- Hayley and Diego’s Law Takes Effect Tomorrow (News)
- Speeder Eric Hakimisefat, 16, Charged With Homicide As Adult, Forgiven By Victim’s Family (News)
- Vigil Marks One-Year Anniversary of Crash That Killed Leandra Rosado (NY1)
- MTA Shortchanging Wheelchair Accessibility, Charges Class-Action Lawsuit (News)
- City Considers Scrapping Program That Cuts Parking Fines for Those Who Don’t Fight Ticket (Post)
- Unsafe Pavement Cost NYC $3.8 Million in Cyclist Lawsuits (News)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
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