Today’s Headlines
Traffic Deaths at Record Low For Pedestrians, But Not Cyclists (Post, AM, Sun) MTA May Save Cash By Installing Concrete Floors Instead of Granite (News) Post: Fulton Transit Center Was a Boondoggle From The Beginning Public Testifies on 125th Street Rezoning Today (News, Metro) Hudson River Park Trust to Vote on Related’s Pier 40 Proposal … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:28 AM EST on January 30, 2008
- Traffic Deaths at Record Low For Pedestrians, But Not Cyclists (Post, AM, Sun)
- MTA May Save Cash By Installing Concrete Floors Instead of Granite (News)
- Post: Fulton Transit Center Was a Boondoggle From The Beginning
- Public Testifies on 125th Street Rezoning Today (News, Metro)
- Hudson River Park Trust to Vote on Related’s Pier 40 Proposal Tomorrow (NYT)
- MTA Wants to Lease Hudson Yards, Not Sell (Crain’s)
- Cops Tase Cyclist Who Rode “Without Proper Lighting” (ChicoER)
- Brooklyn Sidewalk Chalk Artist Jailed For 17 Hours (Voice)
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Economists Model Bus Stop Dilemma (New Scientist)
- More Towns Collecting Crash Fees From Out-of-Town Drivers (USA Today)
- Planet Has Entered a New Geological Epoch Caused By Human Activity (Dot Earth)
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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