Today’s Headlines
DOT Pledges More Bike Paths and Ped Space (Post) NY1 Covers UWS Livable Streets Ideas Post Columnist Rants Against DOT, Bike Lanes, and Ped Plazas Philly, Phoenix, and Atlanta Ask for Bailout Funds to Cover Budget Gaps (Reuters) Chris Dodd: Carmaker Bailout Unlikely to Clear Lame Duck Senate (NYT) Subway Delays Up Big (NY1) Ridership … Continued
By
Ben Fried
10:08 AM EST on November 14, 2008
- DOT Pledges More Bike Paths and Ped Space (Post)
- NY1 Covers UWS Livable Streets Ideas
- Post Columnist Rants Against DOT, Bike Lanes, and Ped Plazas
- Philly, Phoenix, and Atlanta Ask for Bailout Funds to Cover Budget Gaps (Reuters)
- Chris Dodd: Carmaker Bailout Unlikely to Clear Lame Duck Senate (NYT)
- Subway Delays Up Big (NY1)
- Ridership Still Rising as Bridge and Tunnel Traffic Declines (Post, News)
- Paterson Would Approve East River Bridge Tolls (Post)
- High-Tech Center Opens to Monitor NYC Traffic Flow and Keep Cars Moving (City Room)
- City Council Approves Willets Point Redevelopment (City Room, News, Post)
- Richard Ravitch, The Once and Future Savior of New York? (City Room)
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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