Today’s Headlines
How MTA Bus Fuel Costs Spiraled Upwards (NYT) NYCT’s New Management System to Cover Entire Subway Network (City Room, AMNY) More Subways or More BRT: Can NYC Have Both? (2nd Ave Sagas) Low-Cost Buses Building Market Share in Intercity Travel (Business Week via Planetizen) Why Bike Valet Parking Is a Great Fit for New York … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:08 AM EDT on September 25, 2008
- How MTA Bus Fuel Costs Spiraled Upwards (NYT)
- NYCT’s New Management System to Cover Entire Subway Network (City Room, AMNY)
- More Subways or More BRT: Can NYC Have Both? (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Low-Cost Buses Building Market Share in Intercity Travel (Business Week via Planetizen)
- Why Bike Valet Parking Is a Great Fit for New York (City Room)
- NYPD, FDNY Will Start Paying MTA Tolls; City Official Warns of ‘Ill Will’ (AP, News)
- Guerrilla Artists Add Seating to Subway Stations (Gothamist)
- Double-Parker Consumed by Road Rage, Makes Death Threat (SI Live)
- Pro Prognosticator: Feds Will Fund Coastal High-Speed Rail, Maybe (NY Mag)
- Japanese Trains Getting Even Faster (TreeHugger)
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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