Today’s Headlines
Obama Softens Stance on Drilling, Wants to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve (NYT, Gristmill) Twelve City Council Members Request Investigation of NYPD’s Tactics With Cyclists (Time’s Up) NYCT Lacks the Money to Fix Up Subway Stations (Post) Horodniceanu: Fulton Transit Hub Will Keep ‘Same Elegant Look’ Despite Budget Crunch (News) Straphangers Campaign, Working Families Party Re-Open … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:03 AM EDT on August 5, 2008
- Obama Softens Stance on Drilling, Wants to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve (NYT, Gristmill)
- Twelve City Council Members Request Investigation of NYPD’s Tactics With Cyclists (Time’s Up)
- NYCT Lacks the Money to Fix Up Subway Stations (Post)
- Horodniceanu: Fulton Transit Hub Will Keep ‘Same Elegant Look’ Despite Budget Crunch (News)
- Straphangers Campaign, Working Families Party Re-Open ‘Halt the Hike’ Website (News)
- ‘Jimmy Justice’ Aims Digicam at Scofflaw Cops, But Mostly Catches Traffic Agents (Huff Post)
- NJ Attorney General Caught Speeding (AP)
- Could Streetcars Return to Hartford? (Courant)
- Beijing’s Curbs on Traffic, Pollution Pique Interest of Atmospheric Scientists (AP)
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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