Skip to Content
Streetsblog New York City home
Streetsblog New York City home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EDT on July 12, 2011

    • City Expected to Select Bike-Share Contractor as Soon as Next Month (Transpo Nation)
    • Unsolved Mystery: What's Holding City Hall Back From Trying Out a Car-Free Central Park? (NYT)
    • Desperate NBBL Lawyers  Subpoena Lander and DOT, Issue Press Release About It (Post)
    • Big Meeting at CB 7 Tonight on Creating Safe Crosstown Central Park Routes for Cyclists (DNAinfo)
    • Goldsmith Hopes Private Firms Will Invest in Upgrading NYC's Parking Tech (City Hall News)
    • Metro-North Train Derails Outside Grand Central During PM Rush, No One Hurt (DNAinfo)
    • After Bike-Ped Crash on Park Loop, Prospect Park Alliance Sets Up Task Force on Road Sharing (Patch)
    • Enforcement and Education Get Distracted Driving Rates to Fall in Two Cities (NYT Bits)
    • Working on a Killer App for MTA Riders? There Could Be $5,000 in It for You (NY1)
    • A Walk Across the Triboro: Majestic Views, Inconvenience and Danger for Peds and Cyclists (City Room)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog New York City

Bike Lanes

The Streetsblog Angle: The 70th Street Bike Lane Is In the Epstein Files!

Somewhere, maybe, Woody Allen finally regrets opposing that bike lane.

January 30, 2026
Delivery workers

The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement

A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.

January 30, 2026
Streetsblog USASpecial Features

Friday Video: Should We Stop Calling Them ‘Low-Traffic Neighborhoods’?

Is it time for London's game-changing urban design concept to get a rebrand?

January 30, 2026
Parking Placards

Ten Years of Placard Abuse: The Criminal Practice that Mamdani Must End

Placard corruption has drowned New York City in illegally parked cars for more than a decade. Mayor Mamdani must end it for good.

January 30, 2026
Traffic Enforcement

Data Analysis: Super Speeders and Red Light Violators Are Less Likely to Get NYPD Tickets

Drivers caught most often by speed and red light cameras are at the receiving end of comparatively little NYPD enforcement.

January 30, 2026
Car-Free Streets

Open Streets are Business Incubators, Yet Another Report Shows

Want jobs? Keep out the cars.

January 30, 2026
See all posts