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 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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