Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

McCain and Obama Intensify Debate Over Gas Prices, Energy (Politico) News: Seatless Subways Are a Sign of Things to Come, Unless the State Funds MTA Paterson: Congestion Pricing Revival Would Be Welcome (News) Re-Designed Port Authority Bus Terminal Could Handle 18% More Buses (MTR) Countdown Walk Signals Still in Test Phase (AMNY) NYCT Rolls Out … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:03 AM EDT on August 6, 2008

McCain and Obama Intensify Debate Over Gas Prices, Energy (Politico)
News: Seatless Subways Are a Sign of Things to Come, Unless the State Funds MTA
Paterson: Congestion Pricing Revival Would Be Welcome (News)
Re-Designed Port Authority Bus Terminal Could Handle 18% More Buses (MTR)
Countdown Walk Signals Still in Test Phase (AMNY)
NYCT Rolls Out Variable-Speed Escalators at Four Stations (City Room)
Two Die in Queens Car Crash (Post)
Sun Reviews Tom Vanderbilt’s ‘Traffic’
In Beijing, U.S. Olympic Cyclists Wear Masks to Protect Against Pollution (NYT)
NextBus: Real Time Bus Info Via Web, Phone, or Txt Msg (TreeHugger)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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