Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Officials, PTA Protest Improvements Near Queens School (NYT, Streetsblog) Queens CB Drafts Wish List in Anticipation of Congestion Pricing (Times Ledger) For 70% of NJ Commuters, Pricing Benefits Would Exceed Costs (TSTC) Upkeep for Public Spaces in Private Hands (City Room) Brooklyn Tornado Victims to Get Federal Disaster Aid (Brooklyn Paper) Taking the A Train, 75 Years Later (NYT, Second … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:39 AM EDT on September 10, 2007

Officials, PTA Protest Improvements Near Queens School (NYT, Streetsblog)
Queens CB Drafts Wish List in Anticipation of Congestion Pricing (Times Ledger)
For 70% of NJ Commuters, Pricing Benefits Would Exceed Costs (TSTC)
Upkeep for Public Spaces in Private Hands (City Room)
Brooklyn Tornado Victims to Get Federal Disaster Aid (Brooklyn Paper)
Taking the A Train, 75 Years Later (NYT, Second Ave Sagas)
7 Line Extension Will Have Sliding Platform Doors (Gothamist)
From Within, MTA Gets Low Marks on Security (Daily News)
Amtrak Expects Fifth Record-Setting Year (AP via Carfree USA)
Long Island Boy Killed by Minivan; No Charges Filed (Newsday)
What’s the Deal With You Bikers? (Daily Heights via Gowanus Lounge)
Bikes Are Good for the City (NYT)
One Presidential Candidate Calling for Carbon Tax (Salon)

Brad Aaron

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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