Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
9:00 AM EDT on July 18, 2012
- Astorino Wants 12-Mile, Lower-Cost BRT Corridor And a Hard Commitment From State (WNYC)
- First MTA Service Restoration Revealed: Lower Manhattan’s M9 (News)
- Red Hook Riders, Transit Workers Hope B77 Is on the List (News)
- Brooklyn Thrilled About Permanent G Train Extension (DNAinfo)
- And Gianaris Lobbies to Put W Train, QM22 Back in Service (DNAinfo)
- De Blasio, Enemy of Borough Taxi Plan, Reaps Yellow Cab Dollars (NYT)
- Deadly Bronx Driver Sentenced to 10-15 Years in Plea Deal (Post)
- Garage Attendant Injures Two Driving SUV Down Elevator Shaft (NYT)
- In a Smart Card Future, MTA and Bike-Share Fares Could Be Integrated (Gotham Gazette)
- Upper West Side Residents Say Truck Parking Pilot Too Small to Work, Should Be Ended (DNAinfo)
- NYU Expansion Scaled Back, Wins Crucial Council Vote (NYT, WSJ)
- Duane Reade Will Electrify Quarter of Its Truck Fleet (Transpo Nation)
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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