Today’s Headlines
Pelosi: Transit Funding a ‘Given’ in Post-Election Stimulus Package (Time) Weiner Staying in Mayoral Race No Matter What (NYT) Report: NYC Construction Boom Nearing an End (NYT, News) MTA Hawks Bonds on the Radio, With Koch as Pitchman (NYT) Brooklyn CBs Endorse City Plan to Reduce Alternate-Side Parking to Once a Week (Bklyn Paper) Revitalized … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EDT on October 15, 2008
- Pelosi: Transit Funding a ‘Given’ in Post-Election Stimulus Package (Time)
- Weiner Staying in Mayoral Race No Matter What (NYT)
- Report: NYC Construction Boom Nearing an End (NYT, News)
- MTA Hawks Bonds on the Radio, With Koch as Pitchman (NYT)
- Brooklyn CBs Endorse City Plan to Reduce Alternate-Side Parking to Once a Week (Bklyn Paper)
- Revitalized Columbus Park Sings With Street Life (Planetizen)
- City Planning OKs Garbage Truck Garage for West Soho (Curbed)
- FedEx Pays $10.7M/Year in NYC Parking Fines (City Room)
- Evaluating the Bike Commuter Benefit (Green Inc)
- SF Bike Coalition Organizes ‘Gas-Free Fridays’ (Car-Free USA)
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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