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 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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