Today’s Headlines
Gridlock Sam: Congestion Pricing Just One Piece of the Puzzle (Daily News) Entrenched TLC Passed on Proven Taxi Tech Bids (Voice) Pedicab Licenses Awarded (AMNY) MTA Floats Possibility of Temporary F Express (Gowanus Lounge, Metro) More on Yesterday’s Yankee Stadium Parking Non-Vote (Daily News) City Council to Take Up Bridge Safety (Sun) New Development Will … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:44 AM EDT on September 12, 2007
- Gridlock Sam: Congestion Pricing Just One Piece of the Puzzle (Daily News)
- Entrenched TLC Passed on Proven Taxi Tech Bids (Voice)
- Pedicab Licenses Awarded (AMNY)
- MTA Floats Possibility of Temporary F Express (Gowanus Lounge, Metro)
- More on Yesterday’s Yankee Stadium Parking Non-Vote (Daily News)
- City Council to Take Up Bridge Safety (Sun)
- New Development Will Shake Up Downtown Brooklyn Traffic (Daily Eagle)
- DC Mayor Tries Transit (DCist via Carfree USA)
- Motorcycle Deaths Up as Helmet Laws Are Repealed (NYT)
- Senate Votes to Block Mexican Trucks From US (NYT)
- ‘Bushism,’ or Freudian Slip? (Slate)
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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