Wednesday’s Headlines
Our regular guy is having computing problems, so y'all have to put up with me. Here's the news:
11:01 AM EDT on September 26, 2018
Our regular guy is having computing problems, so y’all have to put up with me. Here’s the news:
- Cars keep killing. Perhaps all they need is better headlights, says the National Transportation Safety Board. Nah, we think they need better drivers. (USA Today)
- Say it ain’t so. There aren’t really bedbugs on New York City buses, are there. (NY Post).
- Are Uber drivers “independent contractors”? We know what Uber thinks. (The Verge)
- Man, Republicans really hate trains. (AP)
- Orange County’s streetcar moving forward. (OC Register)
- Meanwhile, Kansas City’s streetcar authority is worried about those thin e-scooter wheels gumming up the rails. (KCTV)
- The Chicago Tribune looks at the future of Divvy in Evanston.
- Baby Boomers get everything — but now that they’re old, they may actually get us stuff we all need, like better pedestrian infrastructure. (Mother Nature Network)
Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He’s also the writer and producer of “Murder at the Food Coop,” which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.
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