Today’s Headlines

Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson Has Died at 50 (NYT, News, Politico, Bklyn Paper)
Driver Kills Blanca Pagan, 73, in UES Crosswalk; Charged for Failing to Yield (Gothamist)
LIRR Trains Sideswipe Each Other, Injuring 33 (NYT)
Francisco Moya Tries to Cast Himself as the Hero of 111th Street, But He’s the Villain (DNA)
Gelinas: We’re Spending Too Much on Gussied Up Transit Stations Instead of Better Transit (Post)
Select Bus Service Scheduled to Launch on 79th Street Next Spring (DNA)
A Car Dealer Stores Merchandise in the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane (Gothamist)
Advocates Talk L-Pocalypse and Better Buses With NY1‘s Jose Martinez
Commuter Van Lobby: Let Commuter Vans Use Willy-B Bus Lanes During L Shutdown (News)
Reports of Sinkholes Up 43 Percent Since 2012 (Post)
Josh Benson Coming Back to NYC DOT After a Year in Stamford (Stamford Advocate)

More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Vooch

Map of 9 Months of traffuc violence on UES – horrifying https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0442e34582153e3bb30a0658a7a6cf32c895a6a985ed3c3e680cb30a5153519a.jpg
gneiss

OMG – Drug dealer saves parking space for himself and his customers! http://gothamist.com/2016/10/10/alleged_park_slope_drug_dealer_save.php Who cares about the loaded gun on the floor of the bedroom and child endangerment – think of the poor neighbors!
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I’m just hoping that no one uses this time to criticize Thompson because that would be in bad taste. It is just sad to lose someone that young, no matter what you feel about his effectiveness with regard to traffic issues.