Today’s Headlines
Liu: Transit Lock Box “Must Be Ironclad” (News) Anti-Pricing Lobby Zeroes in on City Council (Daily Politics) Gentile’s Position on Pricing Hinges on Ferry Service Quid-Pro-Quo (City Hall) Villager: “Drive Traffic Pricing Across Finish Line” New Subway Fares Expected to Confuse Straphangers (AMNY) Bus/HOV Lane on SI-Bound BQE Not Worth the Cost, Says MTA (SI … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:00 AM EST on February 18, 2008
- Liu: Transit Lock Box “Must Be Ironclad” (News)
- Anti-Pricing Lobby Zeroes in on City Council (Daily Politics)
- Gentile’s Position on Pricing Hinges on Ferry Service Quid-Pro-Quo (City Hall)
- Villager: “Drive Traffic Pricing Across Finish Line”
- New Subway Fares Expected to Confuse Straphangers (AMNY)
- Bus/HOV Lane on SI-Bound BQE Not Worth the Cost, Says MTA (SI Advance)
- Gas Truck Crashes on Tappan Zee, Spills Diesel Into Hudson (AP)
- Traffic Counts in Atlantic Yards EIS Have Glaring Omission (AYR)
- How Federal Policy Favors Highways Over Transit (Politico via Planetizen)
- China Spending Huge Sums on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Economist)
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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