Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Have a good Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone. We'll be offline the rest of today and posting regularly tomorrow.

By Ben Fried

9:11 AM EST on January 17, 2011

Eric Ulrich Hasn’t Thought This Bike ID Thing Thru; Other CMs Still Back Him, He Says (Gothamist)
Daily News Gives Ulrich a Knucklehead Award: Bike Licensing Is “Just Dumb”
Watch Ulrich Defend His Anti-Bike Bill on ABC 7 (via Brooklyn Spoke)
Catering Hall Magnate Proposes 400-Space Garage for South Slope; Irene Lo Re Cheers (Bklyn Paper)
Nicole Gelinas: MTA Will Have Weaker Hand in TWU Negotiations After Blizzard Missteps (Post)
The Post Drags JSK Into Another Round of Blizzard Blame
The Post Despises Life-Saving Traffic Enforcement Tech (and Ped Plazas and Bike Lanes)
TSTC Sees Trouble Ahead for BRT on the Next Tappan Zee Bridge (MTR)
On Staten Island, It’s Not Safe to Celebrate Epic Sports Victories in the Street (News, Post)
Gristedes-Affiliated Firm Finds Strong Opposition to Wal-Mart Among Small NYC Businesses (News)
Alex Marshall: Why Isn’t There a Place on NYC Trains and Buses for People Who Feel Sociable? (News)

Have a good Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone. We’ll be offline the rest of today and posting regularly tomorrow.

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.

Today's Headlines

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