Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Congressional Candidates Struggle to Define Positions on Energy (NYT) NYT Endorses Paul Newell, Dan Squadron and Adriano Espaillat for State Assembly Oil Prices Won’t Dip for Long (Gristmill) Rep. Jackie Speier Proposes Lowering National Speed Limits (SF Chron via Planetizen) D.C.-Area Planners Don’t Want Bike Path Next to Highway Through the Woods (WaPo) Prodigious Bike … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:22 AM EDT on August 22, 2008

Congressional Candidates Struggle to Define Positions on Energy (NYT)
NYT Endorses Paul Newell, Dan Squadron and Adriano Espaillat for State Assembly
Oil Prices Won’t Dip for Long (Gristmill)
Rep. Jackie Speier Proposes Lowering National Speed Limits (SF Chron via Planetizen)
D.C.-Area Planners Don’t Want Bike Path Next to Highway Through the Woods (WaPo)
Prodigious Bike Thief “Easily the Most Hated Man in Toronto” (NYT)
Portland Looks to Expand Streetcar Network Despite Lack of Support from Feds (Portland DJC)
Seattle’s Car-Free Sundays Start This Weekend (Seattle PI)
Vancouver Transit Agency Responds to Demand With Huge Service Increase (Vancouver Sun)

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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