Today’s Headlines
- Justin Davidson: Keep Making Streets Better for Humans, Mayor de Blasio (NY Mag)
- Rockefeller Foundation and Pratt Center Make the Case for Real BRT in NYC (News)
- NYPD Gives Drivers 7,500 Tickets During First-Time Holiday Safety Blitz Last Week (Post, News)
- State DOT Not Sure If It's Trying to Slow Down Speeding Drivers on Ocean Parkway (Home Reporter)
- Yasmelin Iglesias, 16, Still Unconscious After Driver Hit Her a Month Ago (Change.org)
- Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken Issue RFP for Bike-Share System (NJ.com, BIKAS)
- AMNY: De Blasio Will Have to Fight for Speed Cams, Safer Street Designs
- De Blasio Backs Mark-Viverito as County Chairs Push Garodnick for Speaker (C&S, WSJ, News, DNA)
- Bloomberg Changed Midtown Biz Owner's Life With Citi Bike (Post)
- Cap'n Transit Looks at How We Allow People to Abuse the Sidewalk
- Danny Dromm and Jackson Heights Groups Light Christmas Tree in Diversity Plaza (Courier)
- Peter Vallone Jr. Cuts Ribbon on New Parking Lot in Astoria (Brownstoner)
- Isn't It Safer to Drive in This Bad Weather? (News, WNBC)
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