Today’s Headlines
- Journal News: "It Is As If Robert Moses Was Being Channeled" Without Transit on Tappan Zee
- East River Ferry Service Popular, But High Subsidies Stand in Way of Expansion (NYT)
- Bay Ridge Merchants Happy to See Meter Prices Rise If It Makes Parking Easier (Bklyn Paper)
- Kimmelman: Occupy Wall Street Shows Power of Public Space (NYT)
- The News Wants Entire Taxi Fleet Handicapped-Accessible, Bloomberg Does Not (News, Post)
- City Promotes, But Does Not Require, Bike Helmets as Bike-Share Approaches (NYT)
- Aging MTA Buses Mean More Frequent Breakdowns (News)
- NYPD Data Show Distracted Driving Top Cause of August Crashes (News)
- With Transit Scrapped From Tappan Zee, State Scrubs Website of Old Documentation (Cap'n Transit)
- Could Leaving Old Tappan Zee Up As Bike/Ped Bridge Save on Demolition Costs? (NYT)
- Amtrak Blocking Completion of Bronx River Greenway, But Serrano Pushes for Resolution (News)
- Pete Donahue Says Joe Lhota "Right Fit" For MTA, Can't Explain Why (News)
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