Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

D.C. Launches Bike-Share Network (WaPo) More Than 40 U.S. Cities Exploring Streetcar Systems for Their Downtowns (NYT) Observer Interviews Amtrak CEO Alex Kummant Simcha Felder Introduces Three Bills About On-Street Parking in City Council (Sun, Metro) Bloomberg: Council Members Don’t Need Reserved Parking Spots (Daily Politics, News) Queens Man Ran Private Parking Lot on City … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EDT on August 14, 2008

D.C. Launches Bike-Share Network (WaPo)
More Than 40 U.S. Cities Exploring Streetcar Systems for Their Downtowns (NYT)
Observer Interviews Amtrak CEO Alex Kummant
Simcha Felder Introduces Three Bills About On-Street Parking in City Council (Sun, Metro)
Bloomberg: Council Members Don’t Need Reserved Parking Spots (Daily Politics, News)
Queens Man Ran Private Parking Lot on City Property for 13 Years (NYT, Post)
D.A. Investigating Cop’s Critical Mass Takedown (Chelsea Now)
Developers Want Permission to Build $10B Tunnel Under L.I. Sound (AMNY)
Madison Square Extension Almost Finished (Curbed)
Biking Beijing With an Olympic Cyclist (NYT)

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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