Today’s Headlines
Bloomberg Signs Bill Extending Time Drivers Can Park at Broken Meters (City Room) Reporters Record Rampant Traffic Crime, Catch Scofflaw Drivers in the Act (S.I. Advance) Pricing Foes Markowitz and de Blasio Lead Rally Protesting MTA Cuts and Fare Hikes (Bklyn Eagle) MTA to Purchase Hundreds of New Subway Cars Despite Budget Troubles (Post) Village … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:05 AM EST on December 2, 2008
- Bloomberg Signs Bill Extending Time Drivers Can Park at Broken Meters (City Room)
- Reporters Record Rampant Traffic Crime, Catch Scofflaw Drivers in the Act (S.I. Advance)
- Pricing Foes Markowitz and de Blasio Lead Rally Protesting MTA Cuts and Fare Hikes (Bklyn Eagle)
- MTA to Purchase Hundreds of New Subway Cars Despite Budget Troubles (Post)
- Village Bus Riders Decry Plans to Eliminate M8 Route (Villager)
- NYCT Rolls Out Vintage Buses and Trains for the Holidays (Post, NY1)
- More on the Mammoth, Time-Wasting Enviro Review of SF’s Bike Plan (Bay Guardian)
- Thousands of Big Three Dealerships May Fold With or Without a Detroit Bailout (NYT)
- Streetsblog Readers Want to Know: Were Horses Deadlier Than Cars? (Paper Cuts, Caleb Crain)
- Buffy the Bike Rider (TreeHugger)
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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