Today’s Headlines
Newsday: Kheel Plan Worth a Serious Look DOT Considers Variable Curbside Parking Rates for Columbus Avenue (Sun) Bloomberg: Don’t Shift Congestion Zone Boundary to 60th Street (Newsday) CB1 Opposes Pricing, Wants More Parking (Queens Gazette) Chicago Seniors Can’t Wait for Free Transit Rides (AP) MTA May Scale Back Fulton Street Transit Center Again (Sun) Atlantic … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:37 AM EST on January 28, 2008
- Newsday: Kheel Plan Worth a Serious Look
- DOT Considers Variable Curbside Parking Rates for Columbus Avenue (Sun)
- Bloomberg: Don’t Shift Congestion Zone Boundary to 60th Street (Newsday)
- CB1 Opposes Pricing, Wants More Parking (Queens Gazette)
- Chicago Seniors Can’t Wait for Free Transit Rides (AP)
- MTA May Scale Back Fulton Street Transit Center Again (Sun)
- Atlantic Yards Running Into Financial Hurdles (Post)
- 700 West Village Residents Protest Pier 40 Plans (Post)
- Shell CEO Shares Peak Oil Concerns With Employees (Oil Drum)
- Cyclist Beaten and Robbed at Foot of Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Paper)
- Killer Driver Sues Victim’s Family for Damages to Car (AP via Jalopnik)
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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