Today’s Headlines
Low-Income Transit User Advocates Come Out for Pricing (City Room, NY1) Opponents Turn Out for Town Hall Meeting (Queens Gazette) Pricing Revenues May Be Directed to Transit ‘Lock Box’ (News) Markowitz Parking Privilege Rescinded; BP Lashes at Media (News) Teacher Placards Are in the Public Interest (R’dale Press) Bike Parking Lot, With Attendant, Proposed for … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:22 AM EST on January 17, 2008
- Low-Income Transit User Advocates Come Out for Pricing (City Room, NY1)
- Opponents Turn Out for Town Hall Meeting (Queens Gazette)
- Pricing Revenues May Be Directed to Transit ‘Lock Box’ (News)
- Markowitz Parking Privilege Rescinded; BP Lashes at Media (News)
- Teacher Placards Are in the Public Interest (R’dale Press)
- Bike Parking Lot, With Attendant, Proposed for Midtown (NYT, City Room)
- Taxi Reps Say Hybrids Not Ready for Prime Time (Sun)
- State Supreme Court Throws Out Pedicab Provisions (Sun)
- Amtrak Strike Likely to Be Averted (News)
- High School Cancels Talk by Climate Change Expert (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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