Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Noah Kazis
8:59 AM EDT on July 25, 2012
- Council to Introduce Package of Reforms for NYPD Crash Investigations (Transpo Nation)
- In June, Not a Single Speeding Ticket in Brooklyn’s 77th or 78th Precincts (Bklyn Paper)
- Sheridan Removal Would Help 1,325 Families Moving Into New Bronx Development (NYT)
- Ocean Hill Seniors Catalog 82 Pedestrian Safety Hazards in Their Neighborhood (WNET)
- Sidewalk-Hogging Atlantic Terminal Bollards Removed (Transpo Nation)
- Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Plan Needs Extra PR Help (CapTon)
- WSJ Gives Queens Plaza Pedestrian Improvements, Bike Lane, Rave Review
- Transportation Alternatives: Restore All Service and Stop the Fare Hike (News)
- Across the State, New Yorkers Are Fighting NYSDOT For Highway Teardowns (WXXI)
- Service Restorations Include Later Expiration Date For Commuter Rail Tickets (Post)
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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