Today’s Headlines
MTA Doomsday Is Here (NY1, News, 2nd Ave Sagas) Everyone’s Telling the State Senate to Wake Up and Rescue Transit (NYT, News, Politicker) …Except This Daily News Columnist Park Slope Groups Push for Two-Way Streets on 8th Ave, Prospect Park West (Bklyn Paper) Gehry: Atlantic Yards Not Gonna Happen (News, Post) City Room Launches a … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:10 AM EDT on March 25, 2009
- MTA Doomsday Is Here (NY1, News, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Everyone’s Telling the State Senate to Wake Up and Rescue Transit (NYT, News, Politicker)
- …Except This Daily News Columnist
- Park Slope Groups Push for Two-Way Streets on 8th Ave, Prospect Park West (Bklyn Paper)
- Gehry: Atlantic Yards Not Gonna Happen (News, Post)
- City Room Launches a New Weekly Column on Cycling
- Police Parking on Sidewalks, the Neverending Story (The Local)
- What a Livable Suburb Looks Like (TC Streets via Streetsblog.net)
- Oklahoma City Needs to Downsize Its Streets (How We Drive)
- How Would You Design a Car-Free Bike Oasis on Governor’s Island? (Gov’s Island Blog)
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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