Today’s Headlines
Commission Votes 13-2 for Pricing (NYT, News, Post, Sun, AM, NY1) NYT: It’s a Good Plan Decision on Pier 40 Postponed (Post, Metro) Ratner Still Set to Receive Atlantic Yards Subsidies (Brooklyn Paper) Brooklyn AIA Draws Up a Gowanus-Free Third Avenue (Brooklyn Eagle) Tri-State Transit Agencies Get More Anti-Terror Funds (NYT, AM, News, AP) Former … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:33 AM EST on February 1, 2008
- Commission Votes 13-2 for Pricing (NYT, News, Post, Sun, AM, NY1)
- NYT: It’s a Good Plan
- Decision on Pier 40 Postponed (Post, Metro)
- Ratner Still Set to Receive Atlantic Yards Subsidies (Brooklyn Paper)
- Brooklyn AIA Draws Up a Gowanus-Free Third Avenue (Brooklyn Eagle)
- Tri-State Transit Agencies Get More Anti-Terror Funds (NYT, AM, News, AP)
- Former Assemblyman Charged With DWI (Post)
- Motorist Jailed for Scheme to Evade Ticket (NYT)
- Atlanta Debates a Return to Streetcars (AJC, via Planetizen)
- San Francisco Abandons Free Transit Idea (SF Chronicle, via Planetizen)
- Livable Cities Key to Earth’s Future (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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