Today’s Headlines
House Spending Bill Would End Offshore Drilling Ban (NYT) Parts of Southeast U.S. Gripped by Gas Shortages in Wake of Hurricanes (NBC) In NYC, Exorbitant Tunneling Costs Make BRT and Light Rail More Attractive (NYT) Sadik-Khan: “Highly Likely” Summer Streets Will Return, Expand to Other Boros (News) Major Car-Free Event Coming to Miami (Transit Miami) … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EDT on September 24, 2008
- House Spending Bill Would End Offshore Drilling Ban (NYT)
- Parts of Southeast U.S. Gripped by Gas Shortages in Wake of Hurricanes (NBC)
- In NYC, Exorbitant Tunneling Costs Make BRT and Light Rail More Attractive (NYT)
- Sadik-Khan: “Highly Likely” Summer Streets Will Return, Expand to Other Boros (News)
- Major Car-Free Event Coming to Miami (Transit Miami)
- System for Real-Time Subway Arrival Info Five Years Behind Schedule (News)
- Will Google Transit Boost Ridership? (Sun, City Room, NY1, Newsday)
- MTA to Investigate Troubling Bus Fuel Contract (NYT)
- Astoria to Get One of DOT’s New Bike Shelters (Queens Gazette)
- Should the S.I. Ferry Stay Free? (Gothamist)
- Woman Self-Immolates in Extreme Road Rage Incident (London Times)
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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