Today’s Headlines
- The #Sneckdown Craze Goes Global: Clarence Eckerson Talks With the BBC
- Council Leadership Unveiled Today: Greenfield at Land Use, Rodriguez at Transpo (CapNY, Observer)
- Sam Schwartz Has Recommendations for de Blasio, From Speed Cams to Crash Investigations (News)
- Cabbie Drives on Hell’s Kitchen Sidewalk to Bypass Snowstorm Traffic (Gothamist via WNBC)
- Brooklyn CB 1 Gives Thumbs-Up to Traffic Calming Plan on Deadly Stretch of Kent Avenue (News)
- Vance Weighs Homicide Charges Against Allegedly Drunk, High Driver After Victim Dies (News)
- Lionel Lebron on the History of “Jaywalking” and the Problems With NYPD’s Enforcement (WPIX)
- MTA Receives First $802 Million of Expected $3.9 Billion from FTA for Sandy Repairs (Post)
- Gelinas: “MTA Cannot Borrow More Unless It Finds New Income to Pay the New Debt” (C&S)
- Observer Wants the New Tappan Zee Bridge to Be Called the “Cuomo Bridge,” After Mario Cuomo
- Surprise! Some Lawmakers Who Carpool to Albany Have Progressive Transpo Platforms (WSJ)
- High Roller Going to the Super Bowl? You’ll Probably Take the Bus or Train Like Everyone Else (NYT)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill