Today’s Headlines
House Votes to Loosen Restrictions on Offshore Drilling (NYT) Biden: Obama Presidency Would Be ‘Most Train-Friendly Administration Ever’ (Politico) MTA May Ask City Agencies to Pay Tolls for On-Duty Travel (News) Bloomberg: Selling Bridges Won’t Fix Toll-Shopping Traffic (News) Lincoln Tunnel Needs a Jersey-Bound Express Bus Lane (MTR) Queens Beep: Performance Parking Is a Money … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:02 AM EDT on September 17, 2008
- House Votes to Loosen Restrictions on Offshore Drilling (NYT)
- Biden: Obama Presidency Would Be ‘Most Train-Friendly Administration Ever’ (Politico)
- MTA May Ask City Agencies to Pay Tolls for On-Duty Travel (News)
- Bloomberg: Selling Bridges Won’t Fix Toll-Shopping Traffic (News)
- Lincoln Tunnel Needs a Jersey-Bound Express Bus Lane (MTR)
- Queens Beep: Performance Parking Is a Money Grab (News)
- Queens Residents Call for Traffic Signal at Whitestone Intersection (News)
- Second Round of MTA Rider Report Cards Gets Underway (City Room, NY1)
- Black Cars Making Fewer Trips Amidst Market Turmoil (NYT)
- Hey Wall Street! Wanna Buy a Rolls? (City Room, 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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