Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EDT on May 18, 2016

Crain's: Politicians Should Buck Up and Acknowledge the Scourge That Is Free Curbside Parking
Fire Spreads to Manhattan Metro-North Tracks, Commuters Diverted to Subways UFN (NYT, AMNY)
MTA May Revive F Express Without More Trains (AMNY, 2AS); Will Launch LaGuardia SBS in Fall (News)
Trottenberg Doesn't Rule Out Shutting 14th Street to Cars During Canarsie Tunnel Work (News)
Even When He's Talking About Transit, Cuomo Can't Stop Talking About Cars (Politico)
Tish James and Velmanette Montgomery Not Sure Clinton Avenue Cyclists Are Worth Protecting (KCP)
Drivers Collide on UWS, Injuring Bystander (News); Trucker Runs Over Senior in Far Rockaway (News)
NYPD and the Daily News Gang Up on Dead Toddler and Her Grieving Mother; Gawker Calls BS
Bill Bratton Has No Tolerance for Reckless Behavior by People Who Aren't Driving Cars (Post, News)
Take a Ride With Gothamist on Canal Street and the Manhattan Bridge
The Randalls Island Connector Is an Unqualified Hit, and the Times Is On It -- Really!

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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