Today’s Headlines
Free Bikes on Campus — It’s a National Trend (NYT) Park Slopers Ask DOT for Two-Way Avenues Near Prospect Park (Bklyn Paper) NYT Asks Drivers What They Think of Greenwich Village Performance Parking Pilot Gas Prices Dip Below $3/Gal Nationwide (NY1) SUV Hits Man and Drags Him for a Block (News) Block by Block, Allen … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on October 20, 2008
- Free Bikes on Campus — It’s a National Trend (NYT)
- Park Slopers Ask DOT for Two-Way Avenues Near Prospect Park (Bklyn Paper)
- NYT Asks Drivers What They Think of Greenwich Village Performance Parking Pilot
- Gas Prices Dip Below $3/Gal Nationwide (NY1)
- SUV Hits Man and Drags Him for a Block (News)
- Block by Block, Allen Street Mall Is Improving (Villager via Curbed)
- Sitting Steps at New TKTS Booth: Better Than ‘Cats’ (NYT)
- MTA Sells $550 Million in Bonds, Finds Borrowing More Expensive (City Room)
- Renovated GWB Bus Station Will Have 50 Percent More Capacity (MTR)
- Markowitz Wants MTA to Finish Rehab of Jay St./Boro Hall Station (News)
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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