Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

NYT: Summer Streets Should Be Here to Stay Post‘s Sunday Mag Puts Bikes Front and Center This Week WaPo: Feds Should Support Transit and Smart Growth Glitches Mar Debut of Variable-Speed Subway Escalators (NYT) Bob Herbert: The “Drill, Drill, Drill” Argument Has No Merit (NYT) Bill Hammond: Full-Time Legislators Won’t Solve Albany Dysfunction (News) NY … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:00 AM EDT on August 12, 2008

NYT: Summer Streets Should Be Here to Stay
Post‘s Sunday Mag Puts Bikes Front and Center This Week
WaPo: Feds Should Support Transit and Smart Growth
Glitches Mar Debut of Variable-Speed Subway Escalators (NYT)
Bob Herbert: The “Drill, Drill, Drill” Argument Has No Merit (NYT)
Bill Hammond: Full-Time Legislators Won’t Solve Albany Dysfunction (News)
NY Counties That Assess Gas Tax as a Percentage Are Reaping Rewards (Newsday)
Post Cheers Drop in Gas Prices
Alternate Side Parking to Be Suspended in More Brooklyn Nabes (City Room)
Summer Streets Wrap-up, With Poll (Gothamist)

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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