Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Blumenauer: New Transpo Bill “Extraordinarily Unlikely” Before October (WSJ) Cash for Clunkers Day: Gov’t Subsidized Car Buying Officially Begins (ABC, News) Police Chase in Washington Heights Was Sparked By False Report (News) The Daily News Is Calling for NYCT President Howard Roberts’ Head Great Piece in The Nation About Why the Feds Should Fund Transit … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:03 AM EDT on July 24, 2009

Blumenauer: New Transpo Bill “Extraordinarily Unlikely” Before October (WSJ)
Cash for Clunkers Day: Gov’t Subsidized Car Buying Officially Begins (ABC, News)
Police Chase in Washington Heights Was Sparked By False Report (News)
The Daily News Is Calling for NYCT President Howard Roberts’ Head
Great Piece in The Nation About Why the Feds Should Fund Transit Service
“Dignity on a Bike” Reigns at George Bliss’s Bike Shop (Villager)
Bloomberg Tells His SUV Drivers That Idling’s Not Kosher Anymore (AP)
Shocker: Atlantic Yards Hearing Turns Into One Big Shouting Match (AYR, Brooklyn Paper)
Some People Can’t Fathom Back-in Angled Parking (News)
Komanoff‘s BTA Lets You Build Your Own Toll and Transit Plan (MTR)
Witness Envy: When Will Carl Kruger Meet His Own Personal Solomon Dwek? (NYT)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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