Today’s Headlines
Just When You Thought It Was Winter… (Post) City Set Energy Consumption Record in ’07 (Post) Stockholm Builders Harness Commuter Body Heat (AFP) Another Call for Bridge Tolls as ‘Simpler’ Congestion Fix (Gotham Gazette) MTA Previews Capital Plan (AMNY) Queens Leads City in Parking Tickets (News) Bronxites Prefer Parking Lot to New Neighbors (News) Co-op … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:40 AM EST on January 8, 2008
- Just When You Thought It Was Winter… (Post)
- City Set Energy Consumption Record in ’07 (Post)
- Stockholm Builders Harness Commuter Body Heat (AFP)
- Another Call for Bridge Tolls as ‘Simpler’ Congestion Fix (Gotham Gazette)
- MTA Previews Capital Plan (AMNY)
- Queens Leads City in Parking Tickets (News)
- Bronxites Prefer Parking Lot to New Neighbors (News)
- Co-op City Survives ‘Parking Crisis’ (News)
- Fear of Bridges Keeps Some Drivers at Home (NYT)
- Paris Starts Electric Car Sharing Program (Times)
- Ford Hoping Indians Will Buy Fords (NYT)
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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