Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Brooklyn Boy Struck and Killed by Postal Truck While Biking (NY1) News, Post: Dump Sheldon Silver, Vote for Paul Newell Albany Incumbents on Edge About Tomorrow’s Primaries (Post) Eric Gioia Wants to Pick Up the Pace of Safe Routes to School Program (News, Post) Cure for Highway Speeding: Don’t Build Cars That Can Exceed the … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:01 AM EDT on September 8, 2008

Brooklyn Boy Struck and Killed by Postal Truck While Biking (NY1)
News, Post: Dump Sheldon Silver, Vote for Paul Newell
Albany Incumbents on Edge About Tomorrow’s Primaries (Post)
Eric Gioia Wants to Pick Up the Pace of Safe Routes to School Program (News, Post)
Cure for Highway Speeding: Don’t Build Cars That Can Exceed the Limit (NYT)
Motorcycle Jumps Curb on Ninth Ave, Injuring Four (News)
NYT: City, State Must “Dig Deeper to Keep Mass Transit Moving”
MTA Touts New Hybrid-Electric Bus Model (City Room)
Riders Give City Bus System a C-Minus (NY1)
NJ Turnpike Authority Unveils Its Plan for Raising Tolls (Gothamist)
Novelist Imagines “Brooklyn Circle,” “Chelsea Spur” and Other New Subway Lines (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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