Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM EST on November 12, 2015

Development Corporation Will Oversee Gateway, With Feds and Amtrak to Pay Half (NYT, Politico)
AMNY Amsterdam Bikeway Coverage Leads With Parking; DNA Runs With IRL Angle
Brooklyn Greenway Hits NIMBY Opposition at CB 1 Meeting, Brooklyn Paper Gleefully Reports
TA Calls Out 109th Precinct Victim-Blaming (DNA); Gothamist: 109th Is Ticketing Fewer Drivers
Today: Council Hearing on Rodriguez Bill to Study Light Rail (News)
Daneek Miller Thinks the MTA Should Lower Fares at Commuter Rail Stations Within City Limits (Post)
Post: Carl Heastie Aims to Help Assembly Dem Incumbents Fend Off Primary Challenges
New Program to Spruce Up City Park Entrances and Improve Pedestrian Access (News)
Yellow Cab Crash Injures Five in Carroll Gardens (News)
David Greenfield Revives Bill to Grant Parking Privileges to Pregnant Motorists (DNA)
SI Electeds, AWOL When Drivers Kill, Spring to Action When Drivers Are Inconvenienced (Advance)

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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