Today’s Headlines
Lawmakers ‘Flat Wrong’ to Call Congestion Pricing a ‘Tax’ (NYT) RELATED: Bloomberg Says Weiner Criticism Uninformed (Daily News) RELATED: Mayor’s Successors Unlikely to Pursue Pricing (Post) Staten Island Has City’s Worst Smog (NYT) Driver Charged in Death of Cyclist (Daily News, NYT, Post) The High Line: It’s a Park, It’s a Brand (Wonkster) City Will … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:51 AM EDT on May 1, 2007
- Lawmakers ‘Flat Wrong’ to Call Congestion Pricing a ‘Tax’ (NYT)
- RELATED: Bloomberg Says Weiner Criticism Uninformed (Daily News)
- RELATED: Mayor’s Successors Unlikely to Pursue Pricing (Post)
- Staten Island Has City’s Worst Smog (NYT)
- Driver Charged in Death of Cyclist (Daily News, NYT, Post)
- The High Line: It’s a Park, It’s a Brand (Wonkster)
- City Will Need Pruners for New PlaNYC Trees (Daily Intel)
- Hearing Today on Railroad House Demo-for-Parking (Develop Don’t Destroy)
- Brooklyn Greenway Bike Tour Set for This Weekend (Brooklyn Eagle)
- Gov. Corzine Clocked at 70 mph on Way Home From Hospital (Post)
- Smooth San Fran Commute an Aberration, Officials Fear (NYT)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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