Today’s Headlines
City Council Holds Final Hearing on Ravitch Recs; Fidler, Liu and Weprin Bash Bridge Tolls (NY1) MTA Board Expected to Approve Draconian Austerity Measures Today (Post) Post Turns to Sean Sweeney to Evaluate City’s Bike Network Plans Bike Clowns to Confront Kent Ave Bike Lane Opponents This Morning (Gowanus Lounge) Officer Pogan Pleads Not Guilty … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:16 AM EST on December 17, 2008
- City Council Holds Final Hearing on Ravitch Recs; Fidler, Liu and Weprin Bash Bridge Tolls (NY1)
- MTA Board Expected to Approve Draconian Austerity Measures Today (Post)
- Post Turns to Sean Sweeney to Evaluate City’s Bike Network Plans
- Bike Clowns to Confront Kent Ave Bike Lane Opponents This Morning (Gowanus Lounge)
- Officer Pogan Pleads Not Guilty (AP via Bike Blog NYC)
- Fire Truck Collides With Bus in Brownsville, Injuring 30 (NY1, Post)
- Subway Window Ads: A Step Up From Scratchiti? (City Room)
- A Look at the City-vs-State Stimulus Fight in Minnesota (MinnPost)
- Wisconsin Groups Band Together for a Green Stimulus (Pol Environment via Streetsblog.net)
- NBC News Profiles Boulder Bike Distributor ‘Community Cycles’
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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