Today’s Headlines
MTA Announces Spending Cuts; Sander Says Fare Hike a ‘Real Prospect’ (NYT, Post, Sun) Spate of Sidewalk Crashes Bolsters Calls for Pedestrian Safety (AMNY) Speeding Truck Caused Deadly Chinatown Crash (News, Sun, Post) DOT Turning a Deaf Ear to Pleas for Greenwich Street Traffic Calming (Downtown Express) NYT Gives Summer Streets the ‘He-Said, She-Said’ Treatment … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:06 AM EDT on June 24, 2008
- MTA Announces Spending Cuts; Sander Says Fare Hike a ‘Real Prospect’ (NYT, Post, Sun)
- Spate of Sidewalk Crashes Bolsters Calls for Pedestrian Safety (AMNY)
- Speeding Truck Caused Deadly Chinatown Crash (News, Sun, Post)
- DOT Turning a Deaf Ear to Pleas for Greenwich Street Traffic Calming (Downtown Express)
- NYT Gives Summer Streets the ‘He-Said, She-Said’ Treatment
- Queens Transit Riders Voice Concerns at Meeting About Bus Service Consolidation (News)
- City to Provide Special Bus Route to Bronx Floating Pool (City Room)
- Fine for Jumping Turnstile May Rise to $110 (Post)
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Atlantic Yards Case (NYT, News, Post)
- Paris to Launch Vélib-esque Sharing System for Electric Cars (Guardian)
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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