Today's Headlines

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Today Is National Park(ing) Day (AP, CBS, TPL) MTA Scraps Plan for 10th Ave Station on the 7 Line (NY1) WSJ on the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine NYT Cheers Broadway Boulevard and Other ‘Wedge Parks’ Bicyclist Struck and Killed by LIRR Train in Bethpage (AMNY) More Road-Widening Planned for Staten Island (S.I. Advance) … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:04 AM EDT on September 19, 2008

Today Is National Park(ing) Day (AP, CBS, TPL)
MTA Scraps Plan for 10th Ave Station on the 7 Line (NY1)
WSJ on the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine
NYT Cheers Broadway Boulevard and Other ‘Wedge Parks’
Bicyclist Struck and Killed by LIRR Train in Bethpage (AMNY)
More Road-Widening Planned for Staten Island (S.I. Advance)
House Panel Finds ‘Improprieties and Possible Fraud’ in Yankee Stadium Financing (AP)
Which Grand Army Plaza Re-Design Will Win The People’s Choice? (Bklyn Paper)
Judge Uses Cement-Laden Trash Cans to Reserve Parking in Front of His House (R’dale Press)
Portland’s Beautiful Bike Congestion (Bike Portland)

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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