Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Are High Gas Prices an Adequate Substitute for Congestion Pricing? (NYT) Ohio Congressman Wants to Reimburse Car Commuters (Plain Dealer) Woman Killed by City Bus on Lower East Side (News, City Room) Tunnel Boring Machine Completes First Leg Connecting LIRR to Grand Central (Post, AP) Ikea’s Profits May Attract Other Big Box Retailers to Red … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:22 AM EDT on July 3, 2008

Are High Gas Prices an Adequate Substitute for Congestion Pricing? (NYT)
Ohio Congressman Wants to Reimburse Car Commuters (Plain Dealer)
Woman Killed by City Bus on Lower East Side (News, City Room)
Tunnel Boring Machine Completes First Leg Connecting LIRR to Grand Central (Post, AP)
Ikea’s Profits May Attract Other Big Box Retailers to Red Hook (Bklyn Paper)
Sun Hails Arrival of Target in East Harlem
Bronx Neighbors Call for Speed Hump After Crash Leaves Boy in Coma (Your Nabe)
Reflections on a Ghost Bike (NPR)
Two Children’s Subway Obsession (NYT)
The Liposuction Solution to Oil Dependence (SF Gate)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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