Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Ben Fried
9:19 AM EDT on September 3, 2009
- Shared Streets, Big City: In Experiment, London Will Shut Down Traffic Lights (Wheels)
- DMI to Bloomberg: Serious About Transit? Show Us the Money (HuffPo)
- Report: NYC Congestion About to Get Worse Than Ever (Post)
- NPR Considers the Benefits of Multi-Modal Transit Networks
- Motorists Grumbling About Higher Vehicle Fees to Fund MTA, Roads (City Room, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Thompson Rips MTA for Eliminating Station Agents (AMNY)
- Cops Get Course in Motorcycle Safety. What About Squad Car Safety? (Post)
- C’mon, Brooklyn Paper, the 33rd District Debate Was About More Than Biking
- Cleveland Transit Fares Rise for Second Time in Less Than a Year (Plain Dealer)
- Summer’s Not Over: Car-Free Myrtle Ave Just Getting Started (Brooklyn Eagle)
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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