Today’s Headlines
Federal Transportation Spending: Pork or Priority? (Gotham Gazette) Drivers With Out-of-State Plates Escape Parking Fines (News) Time for Stroller Racks in Park Slope? (City Room) Times Blog Picks Up on Cycling Tax Credit (The Lede) Copenhagen Opens More Street Space to Bikes (Treehugger) Yglesias: DC Truck Gridlock Makes the Case for Congestion Pricing (WaPo) Plate … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 8, 2008
- Federal Transportation Spending: Pork or Priority? (Gotham Gazette)
- Drivers With Out-of-State Plates Escape Parking Fines (News)
- Time for Stroller Racks in Park Slope? (City Room)
- Times Blog Picks Up on Cycling Tax Credit (The Lede)
- Copenhagen Opens More Street Space to Bikes (Treehugger)
- Yglesias: DC Truck Gridlock Makes the Case for Congestion Pricing (WaPo)
- Plate Rationing to Keep 800K Cars Off Beijing Streets (Treehugger)
- Ford Feature Allows Parents to Limit Teen Speeds … to 80 MPH (NYT)
- Man Towed Fake Missile Through Lincoln Tunnel as Cops “Saluted” (Post)
- Albany Coverage Suffers as Newspapers Cut Staff (NYT)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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