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Today’s Headlines

Fidler, Comrie, Liu Weigh Pricing’s Prospects (Queens Courier) Ratner Lied About Potential Tax Revenue From Atlantic Yards (B’klyn Paper) Put Hudson Yards On Hold Til Economy Picks Up, Says Ex-MTA Chief (Sun) MTR: NJ Road-Widening Projects ‘Will Provide No Long-Term Congestion Relief’ Garden State Hasn’t Given Up On Livable Streets Projects (MTR) City Judge Rules … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:50 AM EST on February 8, 2008

Fidler, Comrie, Liu Weigh Pricing’s Prospects (Queens Courier)
Ratner Lied About Potential Tax Revenue From Atlantic Yards (B’klyn Paper)
Put Hudson Yards On Hold Til Economy Picks Up, Says Ex-MTA Chief (Sun)
MTR: NJ Road-Widening Projects ‘Will Provide No Long-Term Congestion Relief’
Garden State Hasn’t Given Up On Livable Streets Projects (MTR)
City Judge Rules That Double-Parking Ban Applies to All (News)
Operation Secret Rider Keeping Cabbies Off Phones (AM)
Sun: More Permits for Veggie-Selling Street Vendors = ‘Public Nuisance’
California Won’t Build Toll Road Through State Park (NYT)
Scientists Find Ethanol May Worsen Global Warming (Gristmill)
Bicycling Guru Sheldon Brown Is Dead at 63 (Bike Commute Tips)

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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