Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Niccolo Machiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62807 Niccolo Machiavelli Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:20:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62807 Well Rhywun, you'll have to ask the workers at the non-union companies that. I'm sure that given that they have no independent voice of their own they will agree with whatever their bosses and you decide they should agree to. Ask them what is their retirement plan? Is there some big mistake the UAW and the other unions have made by trying, come Hell or high water, to give their members a retirement life? What is your retirement deal? 401K, 201K, 101 K, 51K, 1K, what is your deal anyway? Or are you going to worry about it when you are 58? Well Rhywun, you’ll have to ask the workers at the non-union companies that. I’m sure that given that they have no independent voice of their own they will agree with whatever their bosses and you decide they should agree to. Ask them what is their retirement plan? Is there some big mistake the UAW and the other unions have made by trying, come Hell or high water, to give their members a retirement life? What is your retirement deal? 401K, 201K, 101 K, 51K, 1K, what is your deal anyway? Or are you going to worry about it when you are 58?

]]> By: gary fisher http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62787 gary fisher Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:55:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62787 Does any road with sidewalks need to be 8 or lanes? Does any road with sidewalks need to be 8 or lanes?

]]> By: Peter Flint http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62755 Peter Flint Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:08:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62755 RE: Battery Park pedestrian death... Again another tragedy just proving that the only way to get charged with killing a pedestrian with a car is to be driving drunk. Still no charges in the deaths of the Chinatown preschoolers... RE: Battery Park pedestrian death…

Again another tragedy just proving that the only way to get charged with killing a pedestrian with a car is to be driving drunk.

Still no charges in the deaths of the Chinatown preschoolers…

]]> By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62753 Rhywun Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:04:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62753 RE: Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit Supposedly the non-unionized companies are doing fine, so in effect this subsidy is really just propping up the auto unions' retirement packages. RE: Senate Gives Handout to Auto Industry While Shortchanging Transit

Supposedly the non-unionized companies are doing fine, so in effect this subsidy is really just propping up the auto unions’ retirement packages.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62750 Josh Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:26:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62750 The fact that that Battery Park driver was a DWI cop? Wow. I want to be able to respect the police but they make it awfully difficult sometimes. The fact that that Battery Park driver was a DWI cop? Wow. I want to be able to respect the police but they make it awfully difficult sometimes.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62746 ddartley Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:11:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62746 The Battery Park death: Manhattan BP Scott Stringer was at my Tenants Association meeting yesterday and I learned about it from him. The woman who was killed, Marilyn Feng, had been an intern at his office. He said to expect to hear a lot more about pedestrian safety from him. I hope so. Here's a very nice tidbit about the death: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/09/2009-02-09_heartless_mom_of_nj_cop_charged_in_dwi_d.html The News also covers the original story here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/07/2009-02-07_law_grad_struck_and_killed_by_car_near_b.html and here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/07/2009-02-07_law_school_grad_with_whole_life_ahead_of.html The Battery Park death: Manhattan BP Scott Stringer was at my Tenants Association meeting yesterday and I learned about it from him. The woman who was killed, Marilyn Feng, had been an intern at his office. He said to expect to hear a lot more about pedestrian safety from him. I hope so.

Here’s a very nice tidbit about the death:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/09/2009-02-09_heartless_mom_of_nj_cop_charged_in_dwi_d.html

The News also covers the original story here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/07/2009-02-07_law_grad_struck_and_killed_by_car_near_b.html

and here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/07/2009-02-07_law_school_grad_with_whole_life_ahead_of.html

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/09/todays-headlines-581/comment-page-1/#comment-62745 Angus Grieve-Smith Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:43:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5429#comment-62745 Here are Google Street Views for the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.632845,-73.928293&spn=0.000721,0.001717&t=k&z=20&layer=c&cbll=40.632843,-73.928366&panoid=Cilhk9YUlF4JqRXZwOO-cg&cbp=12,359.5346133989549,,0,10.315325093979382" rel="nofollow">East Flatbush</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?sll=40.707885,-74.015539&sspn=0.00144,0.003433&ll=40.709845,-74.015029&spn=0.001439,0.003433&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.709977,-74.01499&panoid=QfvGc0Ym7kTTsfzBufWzRQ&cbp=12,176.6025117952744,,0,-2.7685520604314275" rel="nofollow">Battery Park City</a> intersections in the news today. What could be done to make them safer? My first idea is sidewalk extensions in East Flatbush. Second, does West Street really need to be eight lanes at this - or any - point? Why does the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ramp go from two lanes in each direction to six Brooklyn-bound and <b>nine</b> Manhattan-bound? Here are Google Street Views for the East Flatbush and Battery Park City intersections in the news today.

What could be done to make them safer? My first idea is sidewalk extensions in East Flatbush. Second, does West Street really need to be eight lanes at this – or any – point? Why does the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ramp go from two lanes in each direction to six Brooklyn-bound and nine Manhattan-bound?

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