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Straphangers Campaign: Growth in Bus Ridership Outpacing Service Increases (NYT, Post, Crain’s) Members of Congress Don’t Want Public to Think They’re Ignoring Gas Prices (NYT) Graphing the Decline in U.S. VMT (Gristmill) DC’s Transpo Policies Attract Ire of Suburban Car Commuters (WaPo) NJ May Fund Turnpike Expansion By Privatizing New Lanes (NYT) What Are the … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:03 AM EDT on July 9, 2008

Straphangers Campaign: Growth in Bus Ridership Outpacing Service Increases (NYT, Post, Crain’s)
Members of Congress Don’t Want Public to Think They’re Ignoring Gas Prices (NYT)
Graphing the Decline in U.S. VMT (Gristmill)
DC’s Transpo Policies Attract Ire of Suburban Car Commuters (WaPo)
NJ May Fund Turnpike Expansion By Privatizing New Lanes (NYT)
What Are the Elements of a Well-Used Bike Network? (Planetizen)
New Plan Would Keep Traffic Out of Downtown Brooklyn Park (Brooklyn Paper)
NYU’s Buses, Unlike Ikea’s, Don’t Allow Just Anyone to Ride (VentriloquismNYC)
Zipcar to Promote ‘Low-Car Diet’ This Summer (MTR)

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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