Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Ben Fried

9:07 AM EDT on August 13, 2009

Parking-Crazed NYCEDC Gets Stim Funding for Two Big Development Projects, More to Come (NYT)
Year After Placard Reform, Arbitrator Gives Back 5,000 Parking Placards to NYC Principals (Post)
12-Year-Old Passenger Severely Injured in Bayside Drag-Racing Crash (News)
The Post Thinks MTA Deal With TWU Was a Foregone Conclusion
Brooklyn Paper Loves Sands Street Bike Path But Still Frowns on the Fifth Avenue Bike Lane
Ed Glaeser Gets Skeptical on HSR; Ryan Avent Responds (Economix, Streetsblog Cap Hill)
Everybody Pays for the Scourge of Free Parking (HuffPo)
NJ Court: TSTC Lawsuit to Prevent Highway Widening Is Totally Legit (MTR)
Taconic Crash Stirs Gov: Paterson Wants Tougher Penalties for DUI With Kids in the Car (News)
NJ Transit Link to Meadowlands Debuts Tomorrow (News)
Park Slope Mom Tracks Down Bike Thief After Cop Spurns Plea for Help (Gothamist)

More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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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