Today’s Headlines
NYT Looks at How Congestion Pricing Works in London and Other Cities Chicago Outlaws Dooring (Tribune via Bike Blog) MTA Raises Tolls on Bridges and Tunnels (Newsday, NY1) 125th Street Rezoning Puts Limits on Bank Branches (City Room) Police Car Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Brooklyn (News, Post) Ex-Cop Gets One Year for Fatal DWI Crash … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on March 17, 2008
- NYT Looks at How Congestion Pricing Works in London and Other Cities
- Chicago Outlaws Dooring (Tribune via Bike Blog)
- MTA Raises Tolls on Bridges and Tunnels (Newsday, NY1)
- 125th Street Rezoning Puts Limits on Bank Branches (City Room)
- Police Car Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Brooklyn (News, Post)
- Ex-Cop Gets One Year for Fatal DWI Crash (Newsday)
- New Urbanist Calls for Complete Streets (Hartford Courant)
- Satellite Navigation: A Cure for Congestion? (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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