Today’s Headlines
DOT Plans to Go Ahead With Eighth Ave Bike Lane (Villager) MTA Tests Subway Digital Message Boards (2nd Ave Sagas) Bus Drivers Prone to Assault From Fare-Evaders (News) Zero Tolerance for Cellphone Use on NJ Commuter Buses (NYT) Port Authority Says Truck Driver Used Vanishing Plate to Evade Tolls (News) Cycling Booming Around the World, … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:01 AM EDT on September 4, 2008
- DOT Plans to Go Ahead With Eighth Ave Bike Lane (Villager)
- MTA Tests Subway Digital Message Boards (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Bus Drivers Prone to Assault From Fare-Evaders (News)
- Zero Tolerance for Cellphone Use on NJ Commuter Buses (NYT)
- Port Authority Says Truck Driver Used Vanishing Plate to Evade Tolls (News)
- Cycling Booming Around the World, Except Where It Isn’t (WaPo)
- Chinese Move on High-Speed Rail, Bus Rapid Transit (TRE, China BRT)
- McCain Ad Casts Obama as Friend of Big Oil … (Radar)
- … as Palin Woos RNC With Calls for More Drilling (Grist)
- Manhattan-Size Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada (AP)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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