Today’s Headlines
- Brodsky Proposes 11th Hour 'Congestion Plan' (City Room, Sun)
- With Bloomberg Out, Nader Is the Only Carbon Tax Candidate (Carbon Tax Blog)
- Oil Touches $103 per Barrel, Boosting Inflation Fears (BBC)
- Stolen Car Crashes in Bay Ridge, Kills One, Injures Three (NYT, Post)
- Subway Fare Hike Takes Effect on Sunday (News, AMNY)
- Ratner Scraps MetroTech Tower; May Scale Back Yards Too (Curbed, Crain's)
- Angelenos Ask: Are Streets For Cars or People? (LA Times via Planetizen)
- Minnesota Transpo Chief Fired for Bridge Collapse (AP)
- While in Bogotá, Don't Miss Ciclovía (TONY)
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