Today’s Headlines
Balanced Q Poll Finds Pricing Preferable to Bridge Tolls (Post, News) 60th Street Alternative Plan Seen as Favorite (NY1) Officials Must Learn to Sell Road Pricing (Planetizen) Amtrak Strike Could Shut Down Penn Station (AMNY) MTA to Install PA Systems at All Subway Stops (AMNY, Post) Public Pay Toilet Opens for Business (NYT) City Relaxes … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:16 AM EST on January 11, 2008
- Balanced Q Poll Finds Pricing Preferable to Bridge Tolls (Post, News)
- 60th Street Alternative Plan Seen as Favorite (NY1)
- Officials Must Learn to Sell Road Pricing (Planetizen)
- Amtrak Strike Could Shut Down Penn Station (AMNY)
- MTA to Install PA Systems at All Subway Stops (AMNY, Post)
- Public Pay Toilet Opens for Business (NYT)
- City Relaxes Sidewalk Sign Restrictions (Gothamist)
- Without Enforcement, Placard ‘Crackdown’ Is Meaningless (Bklyn Paper)
- Public Offers to Pay ‘Disgusting’ Parking Fine; Councilman Gentile Joins the Cause
- Brooklyn Intersection Gets Signal, But Speeders Still a Problem (Bklyn Paper)
- Truck Driver Hits Two Brooklyn Pedestrians; No Charges Filed (News)
- Betsy Gotbaum: ‘I’m Not Going Away’ (City Room)
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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