Today’s Headlines
NYPD Cuts Number of Parking Placards (Post, News) Details of RPP Plan Surprise Audience at DOT Parking Forum (Brooklyn Eagle) Red Hook Bus Routes May Soon Extend Into Manhattan (News) Why DOT Launched ‘Safe Streets For Seniors’ Program (Gotham Gazette) Subway Station Paint Jobs to Resume in April (NY1) Seattle Seeks to Reduce Right-Hook Collisions … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:22 AM EST on February 6, 2008
- NYPD Cuts Number of Parking Placards (Post, News)
- Details of RPP Plan Surprise Audience at DOT Parking Forum (Brooklyn Eagle)
- Red Hook Bus Routes May Soon Extend Into Manhattan (News)
- Why DOT Launched ‘Safe Streets For Seniors’ Program (Gotham Gazette)
- Subway Station Paint Jobs to Resume in April (NY1)
- Seattle Seeks to Reduce Right-Hook Collisions (Seattle Times via Planetizen)
- Homemade Crosswalk Lands Indiana Man in Jail (Blosker via Car Free USA)
- France Unveils Faster, More Spacious High-Speed Train (BBC)
- Is Abu Dhabi’s Proposed Zero-Carbon City For Real? (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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