Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
8:59 AM EDT on March 18, 2013
- Ray Kelly, Calling Speeding “Inherently Dangerous,” Urges Albany to Enact Speed Cams (News)
- Police Union and Marty Golden Oppose Speed Cams Because They Aren’t Human Cops (News)
- Bushwick Precinct Issued Eight Speeding Tickets Last Year (News)
- Woman, 50, in Critical Condition After Out-of-Control Driver Hits Her on Mosholu Parkway (Post)
- After S.I. Pols Push MTA to Nix SBS Blue Lights, Riders Having Trouble Telling Buses Apart (CapNY)
- Metro-North to Penn Station Offers a Glimpse at MTA’s Next Capital Plan (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Repeat DWI Ex-Cop Gets Reduced Sentence for Killing Bronx Grandma Who Was Crossing Street (Post)
- Two Officers Busted for DWI and Hit-and-Run in Queens (News, DNA, Post)
- So This Is What It Takes for NYPD to Arrest Someone for a Car Crash (Post)
- Judge Tells Cyclist to Pay Up After NYPD Issues $1,250 Fine in Single Traffic Stop (Gothamist)
- In North Brooklyn, Drivers Want Cops to Look the Other Way on Double Parking (Bklyn Paper)
- Brooklyn Spoke Has Little Patience for Vinegar Hill’s Anti-Bike Nonsense
- State Wants Substantive Tappan Zee Public Input: Slanted or Square Tower Tops? (LoHud)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.
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