Today’s Headlines
More Economists Agree on Need for Infrastructure Spending (Grist) News Gets Excited About Bronx Hub’s Livable Streets Makeover Bronx School Launches Bike Safety Program After 5th Grader Is Killed by Auto (News) Highlights From Sunday’s Tour de Bronx (West Bronx Blog, News) Bush Signs Amtrak Authorization Bill (Binghamton Press via Planetizen) Feds Pledge to Rein … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:12 AM EDT on October 21, 2008
- More Economists Agree on Need for Infrastructure Spending (Grist)
- News Gets Excited About Bronx Hub’s Livable Streets Makeover
- Bronx School Launches Bike Safety Program After 5th Grader Is Killed by Auto (News)
- Highlights From Sunday’s Tour de Bronx (West Bronx Blog, News)
- Bush Signs Amtrak Authorization Bill (Binghamton Press via Planetizen)
- Feds Pledge to Rein in Out-of-Control Disability Payments for LIRR Retirees (NYT)
- Portion of Williamsburg Waterfront on the Verge of Opening to the Public (Bklyn Paper)
- Taxi Lobby Produces Report Attacking Hybrids for Safety Risks (YellowCabNYC)
- Next Generation MTA Bus Ads Will Change With the Neighborhood (Post)
- Bucking Trend, New Politicker Site Expands Albany Coverage (Daily Politics)
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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