Today’s Headlines
T.A. Report: City Should Look to Chicago, SF, DC For Innovative Parking Reforms (News, NY1) Bush Won’t Ask Americans to Conserve Gas (Politico) How the MetroCard Has Changed the Way New Yorkers Use Transit (NYT) Brooklyn Bus Service Not Keeping Up With Ridership Gains (Bklyn Eagle) Greenpoint Woman Struck and Killed by Van (News) Police … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:05 AM EDT on July 16, 2008
- T.A. Report: City Should Look to Chicago, SF, DC For Innovative Parking Reforms (News, NY1)
- Bush Won’t Ask Americans to Conserve Gas (Politico)
- How the MetroCard Has Changed the Way New Yorkers Use Transit (NYT)
- Brooklyn Bus Service Not Keeping Up With Ridership Gains (Bklyn Eagle)
- Greenpoint Woman Struck and Killed by Van (News)
- Police Cruiser Hits, Injures 13-Year-Old Fort Greene Boy (News)
- The All-Star Game: Baseball’s “Greenest” Event, Brought to You by Chevy (Gristmill)
- Energy Conservation Lessons From Europe (CSMonitor)
- Suffocating Sao Paulo Traffic Jams May Soon Last All Day Long (Bloomberg)
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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