Today’s Headlines
Sources Say Congestion Pricing Will Get Federal Funds (NYT, Sun) Expected $350 Million Earmark Will Hinge on Pricing Approval (Daily News, Post) LI Legislators Say Pricing Will Clog Commuter Lots (Northender) Tornado-Damaged Brooklyn Could Be Declared Disaster Site (Crain’s) Bloomberg Dismisses Post-Storm Parking Tickets (Post) 100+ Degree Temps Scorching the South (Metro) Water Levels in Great … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:31 AM EDT on August 14, 2007
- Sources Say Congestion Pricing Will Get Federal Funds (NYT, Sun)
- Expected $350 Million Earmark Will Hinge on Pricing Approval (Daily News, Post)
- LI Legislators Say Pricing Will Clog Commuter Lots (Northender)
- Tornado-Damaged Brooklyn Could Be Declared Disaster Site (Crain’s)
- Bloomberg Dismisses Post-Storm Parking Tickets (Post)
- 100+ Degree Temps Scorching the South (Metro)
- Water Levels in Great Lakes Dropping (NYT)
- Big Money Needed to Fight Climate Change (NYT)
- Venture Capital Flowing to ‘Green’ Tech (Sun)
- Spitzer Likes NASCAR (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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