Today’s Headlines
With Paterson’s Support Secure, Pricing Needs OK From Silver (NYT) Pricing Critics Say They Are Fighting Uphill Battle (Sun) Toll Hikes Cause Thousands of Fewer Cars to Enter Manhattan Each Day (Post) Less Traffic Is Good for Kids’ Brain Development (News) Bloomberg Stumps for Pricing in Radio Address (AMNY, NY1) CB2 Rejects Car-Free Prince Street; … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:11 AM EDT on March 24, 2008
- With Paterson’s Support Secure, Pricing Needs OK From Silver (NYT)
- Pricing Critics Say They Are Fighting Uphill Battle (Sun)
- Toll Hikes Cause Thousands of Fewer Cars to Enter Manhattan Each Day (Post)
- Less Traffic Is Good for Kids’ Brain Development (News)
- Bloomberg Stumps for Pricing in Radio Address (AMNY, NY1)
- CB2 Rejects Car-Free Prince Street; Plan Will Be Altered (NYT)
- MTA Refuses to Take Cars From V Line and Add Them to G (TRE)
- Bronx Ped Deaths Lead Cops to Target Driving on Broadway (R’dale Press)
- American Gas Consumption Down in Beginning of 2008 (MTR)
- Environmental Defense: Tech Fixes Alone Won’t Solve Climate Change (Forbes)
- UK Law Requiring Bikes to Be Sold With Bells Meets Resistance (Times Online)
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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