Today’s Headlines
Spitzer-Appointed Port Authority Chief Resigns (Crain’s, Sun) Mega-Development Projects Need Help (NYT) With Pricing’s Defeat, City Drops Residential Parking Permits (Bklyn Paper) Quinnipiac Lands Parting Shot (Post) Taxi Erupts in Flames Outside St. Patrick’s (Post) Bike Lane Calms Washington Street (Villager) Complete Street Plans Move Ahead on Dekalb and Vanderbilt (Bklyn Paper) Parking Sign Tampering … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:49 AM EDT on April 18, 2008
- Spitzer-Appointed Port Authority Chief Resigns (Crain’s, Sun)
- Mega-Development Projects Need Help (NYT)
- With Pricing’s Defeat, City Drops Residential Parking Permits (Bklyn Paper)
- Quinnipiac Lands Parting Shot (Post)
- Taxi Erupts in Flames Outside St. Patrick’s (Post)
- Bike Lane Calms Washington Street (Villager)
- Complete Street Plans Move Ahead on Dekalb and Vanderbilt (Bklyn Paper)
- Parking Sign Tampering Causes Neighborhood Uproar (Bklyn Paper)
- San Francisco to Try Variable Rate Meters (Chron via Planetizen)
- GA Legislature Kills Popular Transpo Funding Bill (C. Loaf via BikeAthens Blog)
- Hinky Highway Earmark Sparks Congressional Probe (NYT)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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