Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog will be offline in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resume publication tomorrow.
By
Ben Fried
8:52 AM EST on January 19, 2015
- Private Trash Hauler Kills Cyclist Hoyt Jacobs in Long Island City (AMNY, NYT, Post)
- Are de Blasio and Trottenberg Doing Enough to Prevent Cyclist Deaths? (Gothamist)
- DMV Finally Schedules Safety Hearing Two Years After Police Struck and Killed Ryo Oyamada (Gothamist)
- Advocates Press City to Dust Off Plans for Southern Queens Greenway (DNA)
- Mapping Ocean Parkway’s Terrible Record of Traffic Violence (DNA)
- Beefing Up NYC Freight Rail Will Run Into Political Resistance in Queens (QChron)
- After NYPD “Re-engineering,” Staten Island Has No Dedicated Collision Investigation Team (Advance)
- Motorists Get Signs They Wanted, Telling Them to Adhere to Safe Speeds on Surface Streets (QChron)
- NYC’s 140 Speed Cams Have Nothing on the Vast Surveillance System Monitoring Straphangers (Post)
- Damned Bike Lanes (NYT)
Streetsblog will be offline in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resume publication tomorrow.
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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