Today's Headlines

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

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.

Today's Headlines

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