Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
8:58 AM EDT on April 11, 2011
- 750 Cyclists, Young and Old, Ride PPW to Support the Lane (Patch, Bklyn Paper, Bklyn Spoke, WYDNK)
- More MTA Budget Trouble: Federal Cuts Likely, Golden Wants $81M Taxi Surcharge Cut (Crain’s)
- The Daily News Wants Cuomo to Go Further on Placard Reform
- Midtown Pop-Up Café Wins Committee Vote at CB 5 (DNAinfo)
- Metro-North Has Secret Test Car For Onboard Wi-Fi (Post)
- Feds Give NJ $38.5M to Upgrade Bridge Needed for ARC Replacement (Transpo Nation)
- Historical Photos: See the Brooklyn Bridge When It Was Mainly Carrying Transit (Brownstoner)
- More Tales From the Crackdown: Enforcing Stop Signs at Empty Intersections (Gothamist)
- Police Maintain 2:1 Officer to Rider Ratio at Critical Mass (Village Voice)
- NYPD Parking Ticket Scandal Could Ensnare 40 Cops, Two Dozen For Felonies (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.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog New York City
Hochul Says She’ll Rein in Big Insurance With ‘Excess Profit’ Law; Experts Call That A ‘Joke’
"This is not a consumer protection," one expert said, because New York law allows for a lot of excess profits.
April 28, 2026
Urban Truth Collective: The One-Hour City Conspiracy
Here's the real conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, more crashes, more noise, more air pollution, more social isolation — and less space for everything good our streets should be giving us.
April 28, 2026
Tuesday’s Headlines: Close The Gap Edition
Three Council members from Brooklyn want the Department of Transportation to fix crucial shortcomings in the bike network. Plus other news.
April 28, 2026
Mamdani Taps TA Honcho As ‘Fast And Free’ Bus Czar
The bus mayor hired a "Fast And Free Bus Czar": It's Elizabeth Adams from Transportation Alternatives.
April 27, 2026
Staten Islanders: Save Us From ‘Super Speeder Cop’
Staten Islanders think rogue Officer James Giovansanti should “swerve and protect” no more.
April 27, 2026
