Today’s Headlines
Car Sales Plummet in June (CNN, NYT) Will Sens. Schumer and Kerry Follow Ben Cardin’s Pro-Transit Lead? (Newton S&S, The Atlantic) ‘Wings’ on WTC Transit Hub Won’t Open and Close (News, NYT) NYT Looks Back on Park Slope’s Month Without Parking Rules Alternate-Side Parking to Be Suspended in More Brooklyn Nabes (Bklyn Paper) Long Island … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on July 2, 2008
- Car Sales Plummet in June (CNN, NYT)
- Will Sens. Schumer and Kerry Follow Ben Cardin’s Pro-Transit Lead? (Newton S&S, The Atlantic)
- ‘Wings’ on WTC Transit Hub Won’t Open and Close (News, NYT)
- NYT Looks Back on Park Slope’s Month Without Parking Rules
- Alternate-Side Parking to Be Suspended in More Brooklyn Nabes (Bklyn Paper)
- Long Island Boy Sustains Broken Legs in Hit-and-Run Crash (News)
- Community Boards Say They Were Given Short Notice About Summer Streets (Villager)
- High Gas Prices Spark Interest in Adult Bike Lessons (Boston Globe)
- It’s Official: Denmark Is the World’s Happiest Nation (Evening Standard)
- SF Car Commuters Switching to Bikes and Transit (SF Chron via Bike Commute Tips)
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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