Today’s Headlines
The Times Asks Why NYC’s Cycling Gender Gap Persists, Ignores DOT Data That Show It’s Shrinking Mail Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz, 68, on West 29th Street (News) Widower Nathan Dershowitz, Brother of Alan, in Disbelief That Cops May Not File Charges (News) Bar Owner Ray Deter Dies Days After Jaguar Driver Struck Him … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:43 AM EDT on July 5, 2011
- The Times Asks Why NYC’s Cycling Gender Gap Persists, Ignores DOT Data That Show It’s Shrinking
- Mail Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz, 68, on West 29th Street (News)
- Widower Nathan Dershowitz, Brother of Alan, in Disbelief That Cops May Not File Charges (News)
- Bar Owner Ray Deter Dies Days After Jaguar Driver Struck Him While Cycling on Canal Street (News)
- The Economic Argument for Investing in Bike Infrastructure (NYT Economix)
- Pete Donohue Lays Into the MTA for Bargaining Hard With Transit Workers (News)
- Port Authority Pledges $3.2M to Finish Overhaul of GWB Bus Terminal (DNAinfo)
- New State DOT Commish Can Prove Her Commitment to Safety on Smithtown’s Main Street (MTR)
- A Bird’s Eye View of the Billion Dollar Fulton Street Transit Hub (2nd Ave Sagas)
- More Than 100 Cyclists, Including Jasmijn Rijcken, Turn Out for “Skirts on Bikes” Ride (NY Press)
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.
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