Today’s Headlines
Full slate of transportation bill headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on June 28, 2012
- Lhota and MTA Board Mull Possible Service Restoration, Keep Quiet on Details (NYT, Kabak)
- Court Won’t Consider Ratner Appeal Over Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Study (Crain’s)
- Anonymous Officials to Transportation Nation: Hunts Point Market Threat Doomed Sheridan Teardown
- Liu’s Bike-Share Treatise Makes International News, But Probably Not How He Imagined (Guardian)
- Lhota Says Rising Sea Levels to Blame for Cracks at South Ferry Station (Transpo Nation)
- Pedestrian Struck by Driver in Briarwood, Injuries Unknown (DNA)
- Chris Christie Raids NJ Transportation Fund to Patch His Budget Hole (NYT)
- Ft. Lee Police, Inventors of “Careless Walking,” Ticket GWB Cyclists for Attempting Safe Turn (NYCC)
- Eyes on the Street: New Markings for Brooklyn Bridge Promenade (Transpo Nation)
- Do Daily News Headline Writers Read Daily News Stories?
Full slate of transportation bill headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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