Today’s Headlines
Politicians Must Learn to Sell Road Pricing (Economist) Bridge Tolls Slammed By Everyone Except Brodsky (NYT, AMNY, Post, NY1) Even New Zealand Has Car Lobbyists, and They Hate Pricing Too (N.Z. Herald) US Still Won’t Act on Climate Change (NYT) Transit Customers Are Better Off With Fare Hike (News) Instead of Decentralizing Subways, Start With … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:47 AM EST on December 17, 2007
- Politicians Must Learn to Sell Road Pricing (Economist)
- Bridge Tolls Slammed By Everyone Except Brodsky (NYT, AMNY, Post, NY1)
- Even New Zealand Has Car Lobbyists, and They Hate Pricing Too (N.Z. Herald)
- US Still Won’t Act on Climate Change (NYT)
- Transit Customers Are Better Off With Fare Hike (News)
- Instead of Decentralizing Subways, Start With Buses (NYT)
- SI Commuters to Admire $1M Fish While Waiting for Ferry (News)
- Spitzer Creates Smart Growth Cabinet (MTR)
- Time to Give It Up for Penn Station Pedestrians (MTR)
- Rome’s Chief Parking Enforcer Fired for Using Fake Placard (Reuters)
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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