Pedestrian
Benjamin Shepard: New Yorkers: Fight the Bike Backlash
The Huffington Post - 3 days agoAnthropologist Jeff Ferrell has suggested that while the term hegemony is often an overused term, when one talks about influence of the automobile on U.S. political economy, energy, and urban policy, such a description does not feel unreasonable…
Read more >>Another rough commute, this one crusty?
Washington Examiner - 7 days agoCommuters who thought they had it bad on Wednesday morning had another thing coming on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The snowstorm first dumped a slushy mess that fouled up streets, sidewalks and rails, forcing Metro to end bus service at …
Read more >>Verizon in challenge to FCC on 'net neutrality'
Breitbart - 21st Jan 2011A Pedestrian walks past a Verizon Wireless store in Chicago, Illinois. US c... US carrier Verizon Communications filed a Legal Challenge on Thursday to rules approved by US telecom Regulators designed to ensure an open Internet. Verizon said in a…
Read more >>CT-SEN Candidate Chris Murphy: 'The Filibuster Is In Dire Need Of Reform'
TPMDC - 20th Jan 2011On a Conference Call with reporters this afternoon, Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) laid out some key priorities of his newly-launched campaign for the Senate seat held by retiring independent Sen. Joe Lieberman -- with Filibuster reform being one of h…
Read more >>Death march
Balloon Juice - 20th Jan 2011Michelle Obama is being blamed for a miniscule rise in Pedestrian deaths. The Governors Highway Safety Association says Pedestrian deaths increased in the first half of 2010 and the First Lady’s program to get Americans to be more active cou…
Read more >>Life lessons: Why I Dont Steal
Examiner.com - 19th Jan 2011
My first job out of college was a liquor salesman. I worked for the largest liquor distributor in the state, and controlled ninety percent of my account’s back bar. I knew before I walked in that I would get a good order. I collected from t…
Read more >>NJ school bus hit by gunfire; pedestrian injured
Washington Examiner - 18th Jan 2011Police in Newark, N.J., say a School Bus was hit by gunfire as it stopped to drop off Students from an Elementary School. No one on the bus was injured. The small, yellow bus was carrying three Students from Dayton Street Elementary School when sh…
Read more >>Richmond goes for greener pastures with solar-powered trash compactors
Examiner.com - 5th Jan 2011Spokeswoman Sharon North, from the Department of Public Works in Richmond city, recently announced that it intends on installing more than 24 sun-powered trash compactors in high-volume Pedestrian areas following the success of a pilot project. Th…
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