Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

It’s Official: Bike Counts Up 35 Percent in NYC (City Room, Post) Portland Sees 28 Percent Rise in Cycling; Commute Mode Share at 8 Percent (Bike Portland) MTA Pleads for Federal Funds (NY1) Sprawl Apologist David Brooks Lines Up Behind a “National Mobility Project” (NYT) Home Values Near Denver Light Rail Increase While Others Fall … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EDT on October 31, 2008

It’s Official: Bike Counts Up 35 Percent in NYC (City Room, Post)
Portland Sees 28 Percent Rise in Cycling; Commute Mode Share at 8 Percent (Bike Portland)
MTA Pleads for Federal Funds (NY1)
Sprawl Apologist David Brooks Lines Up Behind a “National Mobility Project” (NYT)
Home Values Near Denver Light Rail Increase While Others Fall (Denver Post)
A Guide to Transit-Related Ballot Measures Around the Country (Overhead Wire)
NYT: Bailing Out Car Makers Not a Bad Idea
Hakeem Jeffries Leads Albany Push to Forestall Term Limits Extension (City Room)
Bill de Blasio Nixes Brooklyn Beep Bid, Sets Sights on Public Advocate (City Room)
Where NYCT Buses Go to Die — And Be Saved (News)

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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