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City Council Votes on Term Limits Today (News, Post) Tom Friedman on the Hazards of Cheaper Oil (NYT) High-Speed Rail Could Spur California Towns to Become More Urban, Transit-Oriented (SF Chron) Tom Vanderbilt Explains Why 30-40 MPH Design Speeds Are Ridiculous for Residential Streets Brooklyn Paper Covers DOT’s Ped Safety Project for Flatbush and Fourth … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EDT on October 23, 2008

City Council Votes on Term Limits Today (News, Post)
Tom Friedman on the Hazards of Cheaper Oil (NYT)
High-Speed Rail Could Spur California Towns to Become More Urban, Transit-Oriented (SF Chron)
Tom Vanderbilt Explains Why 30-40 MPH Design Speeds Are Ridiculous for Residential Streets
Brooklyn Paper Covers DOT’s Ped Safety Project for Flatbush and Fourth Ave
State DOT: BQE Reconstruction Won’t Affect Development of Brooklyn Bridge Park (Bklyn Paper)
Vid Screens at One L Station Will Show Riders Where the Next Train Is (NY1, NYT)
Cap’n Transit Has Some More Ideas About How to Get the Most Out of Real-Time Subway Data
Corporate Space: GM Plaza a Better Place Now That GM Isn’t Managing It (NYT)
Study Finds Flaws in MTA Service for the Disabled (NY1)

Ben Fried

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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