Today’s Headlines
World Bank Report: Biofuel Subsidies Mostly to Blame for Spike in Food Prices (Gristmill) Krugman: Drilling Debate Signals Start of a Bigger Fight (NYT) The Saga of Queens Boulevard and Why It Needs to Be a Complete Street (Queens Central) Memoir of a Hit-and-Run Victim (NYT) LI Man Dead After Wife Backs Over Him In … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:07 AM EDT on August 1, 2008
- World Bank Report: Biofuel Subsidies Mostly to Blame for Spike in Food Prices (Gristmill)
- Krugman: Drilling Debate Signals Start of a Bigger Fight (NYT)
- The Saga of Queens Boulevard and Why It Needs to Be a Complete Street (Queens Central)
- Memoir of a Hit-and-Run Victim (NYT)
- LI Man Dead After Wife Backs Over Him In SUV (Post)
- Quiet Hybrid Cars May Pose Safety Threat to Pedestrians (Sci Am)
- New Study Counts 5,700 Chain Stores in Five Boroughs (News)
- East Side Residents Concerned About Midblock Second Ave Subway Entrances (Post, NY1)
- ConnDOT Engineers Don’t Want to Hear About Complete Streets for New Haven (NH Indepedent)
- Mag Rates Copenhagen World’s Most Livable City (City Fix)
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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