Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
8:56 AM EST on January 18, 2012
- DOT Tests Smart Parking Sensors From Three Companies in Bronx (Post)
- With East Side Access Coming, City Eyes Midtown Upzoning (WSJ)
- TWU Willing to Take Low Raise, But Not No Raise, in New Contract (News)
- Silver to DOT: Delancey Needs Crossing Guards Now and Long-Term Safety Study (DNAinfo)
- Traffic Island, Turn Restrictions to Improve Safety at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Post)
- Number of Pedestrians Hit While Wearing Headphones, Though Low, Triples (Post)
- Wheelchair-Using Doctor Explains Need for Accessible Taxis (News)
- Photo: Sheepshead Bay Cyclist Hit by Driver (Sheepshead Bites)
- Three Injured as Garbage Truck Crashes Into Empty Storefront (NY1)
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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