Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
8:59 AM EDT on July 20, 2012
- MTA Service Finally Heading in Right Direction (NYT, News, Post, WSJ)
- CNU’s John Norquist on the Sheridan: “Mr. Mayor, Tear Down This Expressway” (News)
- Sunset Park Rail Yard Reopens, With Big Hopes For Freight Revival (NYT)
- Two Drivers Kill Cyclists in Separate Hit-And-Runs (News)
- Driver Caught, Charged With Manslaughter and DWI for Killing Sunnyside Cyclist (DNAinfo)
- Rockland County Legislature Chair Tells Cuomo to Commit to Tappan Zee Transit (LoHud)
- Queens Community Boards to US Tennis Association: Parking Doesn’t Belong in Parks (News)
- Video: Cyclist Tells Cop to Stop Blocking Ocean Parkway Bike Lane, Gets Retaliatory Ticket (News)
- Community Board Approves Ped Plazas For Glendale And Ridgewood, Turns to Details (QChron)
- Megabus Moves Three Avenues West, Away from Port Authority (DNAinf0)
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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