Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
9:14 AM EST on March 9, 2011
- Anthony Weiner Just Joking About “Tearing Out Your [Expletive] Bike Lanes” (Grist)
- DOT Scuttles Plans for Lafayette Ave Bike Lane, Which Once Had Strong Community Support (Post)
- News, Post Reprint NBBL Arguments, Accuse DOT of Funny Math on PPW
- The New Yorker Hops on the Anti-Bike High Horse; Naparstek Responds
- The New York Times and Gothamist Head to PPW for Man-On-The-Street Interviews
- Observer Optimistically Labels Bike Lane Backlash “New York’s Last Culture War”
- David Weprin Trying to Head Off Congestion Pricing With Reintroduction of Commuter Tax (News)
- Despite Initial Anger, Replacing Astoria Parking With Senior Housing Is a Popular Move (News)
- Court Says Crash Victim Not Careful Enough, Should Have Seen Red-Light Running Bus Coming (Post)
- Nancy Gruskin Targets Delivery Cyclists With Safer Cycling Pledge (CBS 2)
- David Paterson, Back on the Streets, Fears Silent Bikes More Than Noisy Cars (Observer)
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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