Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
9:00 AM EDT on May 23, 2012
- Increased Transit and Decreased Parking for Barclays Center; Neighbors Still Fear Traffic (NYT)
- …Promise of Free MetroCards Broken, Deemed Ineffective (News)
- At Queens Workshop, Residents Want More Bike-Share Locations in More Neighborhoods (DNAinfo)
- Will Taxi Fare Hike End Up in Drivers’ Pockets or Medallion Owners’? (NYT)
- More Arrests in LIRR Disability Scam, Cost to Feds Rises to $1B (NYT)
- Driver Strikes “Spinal Tap” Actor Michael McKean, “No Criminality Suspected” (News)
- Park Avenue SUV Driver Leaves 20-Year-Old Pedestrian in Critical Condition (NBC)
- Brother of Slain Hit-And-Run Victim Searches Every Day For Killer (DNAinfo)
- After Pedestrian Death, Golden Renews Call to Felonize Hit-And-Runs (Sheepshead Bites)
- State Senate Votes to Toughen Leandra’s Law, Crack Down on Drunk Drivers (Transpo Nation)
- Giuliani Steps in to Broker Deal For Empty, Bankrupt, Subsidized Yankee Stadium Parking (News)
- Serranos Questions FreshDirect Deal, Additional South Bronx Truck Traffic (News)
- Wards Island Pedestrian Bridge to Reopen Next Week (DNAinfo)
- The NYT Gives Some Attention to Harold Interlocking, Busiest Rail Intersection in the Country
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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