Today’s Headlines
Hillary Clinton: Feds Should Invest More in Transit (News, NY1) Gas Prices Spike After Gulf Coast Disasters, Causing Panic (Tennessean, RR) Will Mayor Bloomberg Respond to Rally for Car-Free Prospect Park? (News) Some Law Enforcement Groups Object to Blocking-the-Box Crackdown (NY1) NYC Truck Traffic on the Rise (MTR) Recent Bike Deaths Show Need for More … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on September 15, 2008
- Hillary Clinton: Feds Should Invest More in Transit (News, NY1)
- Gas Prices Spike After Gulf Coast Disasters, Causing Panic (Tennessean, RR)
- Will Mayor Bloomberg Respond to Rally for Car-Free Prospect Park? (News)
- Some Law Enforcement Groups Object to Blocking-the-Box Crackdown (NY1)
- NYC Truck Traffic on the Rise (MTR)
- Recent Bike Deaths Show Need for More Protected On-Street Space (News)
- Paterson Vows to Make Progress on Moynihan Station (News, NY1)
- Transit Agency in Rochester, Home of David Gantt, Is Flush With Cash (NYT)
- First Ravitch Commission Hearing Will Be Held Today (Newsday)
- City Room Covers Grand Army Plaza Design Competition
- NYPD Green? (Post)
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.
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