Today’s Headlines
Taxpayer Tab for Subsidizing Cars = $100 Billion Per Year (Slate) Officer Pogan’s Version of Events: Cyclist Took Down Cop (Smoking Gun) Why Are Cyclists Singled Out for Criticism? (Switchboard) Seattle Cyclist Calls Critical Mass Counterproductive (News) NYPD Wants Your Videos of Police Misconduct (Post) Evaluating Governor Paterson’s Performance on Transit (Newsday) Bloomberg: Privatizing Subways … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on July 31, 2008
- Taxpayer Tab for Subsidizing Cars = $100 Billion Per Year (Slate)
- Officer Pogan’s Version of Events: Cyclist Took Down Cop (Smoking Gun)
- Why Are Cyclists Singled Out for Criticism? (Switchboard)
- Seattle Cyclist Calls Critical Mass Counterproductive (News)
- NYPD Wants Your Videos of Police Misconduct (Post)
- Evaluating Governor Paterson’s Performance on Transit (Newsday)
- Bloomberg: Privatizing Subways Is a Bad Idea (Sun)
- 7 Train Still Jam-Packed Down the Line, Despite Added Service (AMNY)
- G Train Is the Line That Breaks Down Most Frequently (Brooklyn Paper)
- MTA, Port Authority Looking to Replace Toll Booths With Automated Scans (NY1)
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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