Today’s Headlines
Fuel Prices Down as Driving Declines and Demand for Oil Slackens (NYT) Bloomberg Would Welcome Costco on Upper West Side (Sun) Subway Ratings Find Breakdowns More Common… (AMNY, AP) …But Reflect Well on MTA’s New “General Manager” Program (NYT, News, NY1) Credit Crunch: Many MetroCard Machines Malfunctioning, Not Taking Plastic (NYT, Post) Privatizing Roads Part … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:06 AM EDT on July 30, 2008
- Fuel Prices Down as Driving Declines and Demand for Oil Slackens (NYT)
- Bloomberg Would Welcome Costco on Upper West Side (Sun)
- Subway Ratings Find Breakdowns More Common… (AMNY, AP)
- …But Reflect Well on MTA’s New “General Manager” Program (NYT, News, NY1)
- Credit Crunch: Many MetroCard Machines Malfunctioning, Not Taking Plastic (NYT, Post)
- Privatizing Roads Part of Paterson’s Fiscal Plan? (Post)
- PBA Defends Cop Who Knocked Cyclist to the Ground (News, Post)
- Digital Video Blowing Holes Through Official Accounts of Street Protests (NYT)
- Post Columnist Rants Against Cyclists. Sound Familiar?
- Seattle Press Takes Driver’s POV After Crit Mass Crash (Streetsblog LA)
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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