Today’s Headlines
Park(ing) Day Recaps (News, Boston Herald, CNET, New Haven Indy) U.S. Cities Rethink Parking Requirements (AP) Cyclists Call for Better Bike Network in Queens (News) A Look at Bike/Car Conflict on Brooklyn Streets (Bklyn Paper) Portlanders May Soon Have to Get License to Bike (Portland Trib) Designs Unveiled for ‘West Side Boulevard’ (Post) NYCT to … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:12 AM EDT on September 22, 2008
- Park(ing) Day Recaps (News, Boston Herald, CNET, New Haven Indy)
- U.S. Cities Rethink Parking Requirements (AP)
- Cyclists Call for Better Bike Network in Queens (News)
- A Look at Bike/Car Conflict on Brooklyn Streets (Bklyn Paper)
- Portlanders May Soon Have to Get License to Bike (Portland Trib)
- Designs Unveiled for ‘West Side Boulevard’ (Post)
- NYCT to Expand Subway Line Manager Program (NYT)
- MTA Pays High Price to Extend Bus Fuel Contract, Sets Bus Reliability Record (News, News)
- Fuel Prices Raise Cost of Operating S.I. Ferry (Post)
- Ithaca Group Wants to Fix Traffic Woes With Personal Rapid Transit (NYT)
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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