Today’s Headlines
The Subway Fare Just Went Up (Post, NY1, News) New Yorkers Have No Idea Why This Fare Hike Is Happening (News, News) Report: States Spending One-Third of Their Transpo Stim Cash on Road Expansion (MTR) GOP: Climate Bill Going Nowhere in the Senate (NYT) Van Driver Hits and Kills 72-Year-Old Cyclist on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue; … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on June 29, 2009
- The Subway Fare Just Went Up (Post, NY1, News)
- New Yorkers Have No Idea Why This Fare Hike Is Happening (News, News)
- Report: States Spending One-Third of Their Transpo Stim Cash on Road Expansion (MTR)
- GOP: Climate Bill Going Nowhere in the Senate (NYT)
- Van Driver Hits and Kills 72-Year-Old Cyclist on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue; No Charges Filed (News)
- Drunk Driver Injures 4-Year-Old Queens Girl (News)
- Sadik-Khan Shows Off NYC Bike-Share Preview — Village Audience Bursts Into Applause (Villager)
- This Year’s Summer Streets Set for August 8, 15, 22 (Post)
- Study: Nearly Thirty Percent of Brooklyn Ikea Customers Don’t Come By Car (Bklyn Paper)
- Meet Your Anti-Atlantic Yards Candidate for Brooklyn Beep: Eugene Myrick (Post)
- 100 Years Ago, Fifth Avenue Had Glorious 30-Foot Sidewalks (NYT)
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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