Today’s Headlines
New York Leads US in “Walkable Urban Places” (Post) Urbanites Will Soon Outnumber Rural Populations (City Room) Hudson Yards Proposals Are In; No One Is Talking About Parking (TSTC) Gowanus Shore Unlikely Target of Land Speculators (Crain’s) Bloomberg Again Links Pricing to Transit Fare (News) This Year’s Gotta-Have Gift: The Rush Hour Traffic Jam … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:33 AM EST on December 5, 2007
- New York Leads US in “Walkable Urban Places” (Post)
- Urbanites Will Soon Outnumber Rural Populations (City Room)
- Hudson Yards Proposals Are In; No One Is Talking About Parking (TSTC)
- Gowanus Shore Unlikely Target of Land Speculators (Crain’s)
- Bloomberg Again Links Pricing to Transit Fare (News)
- This Year’s Gotta-Have Gift: The Rush Hour Traffic Jam Puzzle (Politicker)
- MTA to Hold Online Forum (Post)
- Rider Report Cards Dismissed as PR Gimmick (Sun)
- From Portland to New Haven, Streetcars Are Hot (N.H. Independent)
- Americans Don’t Know How to Run a Railroad (WaPo)
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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