Today’s Headlines
Albany Passes Bill to Step Up Blocking-the-Box Enforcement (Post, Daily Politics, NY1) T.A. Study: UWS Drivers Travel 366,000 Miles Each Year Cruising for Parking Spots (Post) Brooklyn Judge Expands Parking Privileges in Columbus Park (News) David Gantt Defiant About Blatant Cronyism (City Room) MTA’s David Mack Reverses Course, No Longer Backs Free Passes for Board … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:58 AM EDT on June 20, 2008
- Albany Passes Bill to Step Up Blocking-the-Box Enforcement (Post, Daily Politics, NY1)
- T.A. Study: UWS Drivers Travel 366,000 Miles Each Year Cruising for Parking Spots (Post)
- Brooklyn Judge Expands Parking Privileges in Columbus Park (News)
- David Gantt Defiant About Blatant Cronyism (City Room)
- MTA’s David Mack Reverses Course, No Longer Backs Free Passes for Board (NYT, News)
- Re-Routing Buses to Queens Mall Raises Suspicions of MTA Nepotism (Post)
- Paterson to Truckers: I Don’t Support a Gas Tax Holiday. Bruno: I Do. (Albany Watch, Post)
- South Bronx Initiative Doesn’t Address Hunts Point or Sheridan Expressway (WNYC)
- $10K Prize Will Go to Best Red Hook Bike Plan (Bklyn Paper)
- Plans Advance for Westchester BRT Route (MTR)
- Bumper Stickers Are Hallmarks of Aggressive Drivers, Study Finds (WaPo)
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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