Today’s Headlines
Opponents Spin Grant as Blow to Pricing; Silver Lays Groundwork for Future Obstructionism (NYT, City Room, Post, Daily News, Sun, Metro) Once Again, It’s Up to the Politicians (NYT) Beijing Cars Ordered Off Streets for Air Quality Test (China Daily) Did Markowitz Torpedo Prospect Park Car Restrictions? (Daily News) Downtown Brooklyn Park to Include 694-Space … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:39 AM EDT on August 15, 2007
- Opponents Spin Grant as Blow to Pricing; Silver Lays Groundwork for Future Obstructionism (NYT, City Room, Post, Daily News, Sun, Metro)
- Once Again, It’s Up to the Politicians (NYT)
- Beijing Cars Ordered Off Streets for Air Quality Test (China Daily)
- Did Markowitz Torpedo Prospect Park Car Restrictions? (Daily News)
- Downtown Brooklyn Park to Include 694-Space Parking Deck (Post)
- Study: As Neighborhoods Gentrify, So Do Public Spaces (City Room)
- NYPD Ticketing Legally Parked Cars (Gothamist)
- Tractor-Trailer Hits 84-Year-Old Brooklyn Woman (Post, Daily News)
- Transit Officials on Vacation During Storm (Daily News)
- MTA Explores Text Messaging (AMNY)
- Trash Now Leaving Bronx by Rail (NYT)
- Coal Mine Disasters Reflect US Energy Policy (Salon)
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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