Today’s Headlines
Spitzer Should Get Behind Congestion Pricing (NYT) RELATED: Bloomberg Discounts Poll Results (Daily Politics, Post) Mayor Calls for Change to Box-Blocking Law (AMNY, Post, Daily News, NYT) Unprecedented Development for ‘New Downtown Brooklyn’ (Brooklyn Eagle) Emissions Outpacing Worst-Case Scenarios (Sierra Club) Exxon Still Funding Climate Change Deniers (Houston Chronicle) NY Drivers Finish Last in Road … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
7:46 AM EDT on May 25, 2007
- Spitzer Should Get Behind Congestion Pricing (NYT)
- RELATED: Bloomberg Discounts Poll Results (Daily Politics, Post)
- Mayor Calls for Change to Box-Blocking Law (AMNY, Post, Daily News, NYT)
- Unprecedented Development for ‘New Downtown Brooklyn’ (Brooklyn Eagle)
- Emissions Outpacing Worst-Case Scenarios (Sierra Club)
- Exxon Still Funding Climate Change Deniers (Houston Chronicle)
- NY Drivers Finish Last in Road Rules Test (Daily News, Post)
- Teen Who Hit Cyclist Has Record of Recklessness (Gothamist)
- City Allows Illegal Parking Lot (Daily News)
- Transit Head Wants Longer, Faster Trains (Post)
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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