Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on January 23, 2013
- Under Cuomo’s Proposed Budget, Traffic Offenses Will Cost Drivers More (NYT)
- Plus: $6B for MTA/Port Authority Sandy Recovery (WNYC) and Shorter DMV Waits (Gothamist)
- Police Don’t Expect to File Charges After Van Driver Kills 15-Year-Old Girl in Midwood (News, DNA)
- Driver Critically Injures Woman on Ft. Hamilton Parkway in Dov Hikind’s Turf (DNA)
- The Annual Number of Subway Deaths Has Held Pretty Steady Since 2001 (CapNY)
- Imagine If a Spate of Traffic Deaths Made Lawmakers Snap Into Action Like This… (News)
- Why Does It Cost So Much to Run Yellow Buses? Mob Ties, Corruption, Inefficiency (TransNat)
- Brooklyn CB 8 Committee Reaffirms Support for Franklin Ave Bike Corral (Patch)
- Next Month’s TZB Transit Task Force Meeting Will Be Open to the Public (Journal News)
- David Byrne’s Bike Racks vs. The Public Design Commission: It’s On! (DNA)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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