Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog will be offline the rest of President's Day and publishing regularly tomorrow.

By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EST on February 18, 2013

From the Mealy-Mouthed to the Moronic, Mayoral Hopefuls Give Bike Lane Quotes to the Bklyn Paper
Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injured Teenager in Bay Ridge Friday Night (Gothamist)
A Handful of Votes Could Swing Tuesday’s Special City Council Election in SE Queens (News)
NYPD’s Cyclist Ticketing Frenzy of 2011 Eased Up in 2012 (Post)
Yellow School Buses Will Hit the Streets on Wednesday (WSJ, DNA)
CB 5 Gets an Early Look at Pedestrian Improvements for Penn Station (DNA)
MTA Awards $258M Contract for Second Avenue Subway’s 72nd Street Station (DNA)
DNAinfo: A Parking Space for Crown Heights’ Car-Free Majority Symbolizes “Mustachioed Menace”
Behind the Scenes: How Barclays Center Players Avoid the Sidewalk (Post)
Should We Build a Soccer Stadium By the Flushing River? (Cap’n Transit)
Mardi Gras: The Ultimate Open Streets Event (Next City)

Streetsblog will be offline the rest of President’s Day and publishing regularly tomorrow.

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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