Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Off-Street Parking Boom Would Negate Gains from PlaNYC (Gotham Gazette) Study: Sales Tax More Regressive Than Road Pricing (Streetsblog LA) Youth Advocates Campaign to Make Prospect Park Car-Free (NY1) Indoor Bike Parking a Missing Link in Bike Commutes (Metro) On Campaign Trail, Weinermobile Parks Wherever Weiner Wants (News) Dems Didn’t Give Enough Ground on Offshore … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:15 AM EDT on August 21, 2008

Off-Street Parking Boom Would Negate Gains from PlaNYC (Gotham Gazette)
Study: Sales Tax More Regressive Than Road Pricing (Streetsblog LA)
Youth Advocates Campaign to Make Prospect Park Car-Free (NY1)
Indoor Bike Parking a Missing Link in Bike Commutes (Metro)
On Campaign Trail, Weinermobile Parks Wherever Weiner Wants (News)
Dems Didn’t Give Enough Ground on Offshore Oil Rig Ban, Says Drillhead (News)
New Yankee Stadium Depriving South Bronx of Park Land (News)
Three Vacations By Subway in NYC (WNYC)
DOT Explores Use of LEDs for Streetlights (Bits)

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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