Today’s Headlines
Reclaiming the Sheridan for People, Housing and Parks — It’s Within Reach (NYT) Fare Hike 2011: MTA Eyes 90-Ride Cap on Monthly Metrocards (News) State Authorities Loaded Down With $133B in Debt; MTA Share: $28B (City Room) Shocker: Forget About the Coup, Espada Says Dems Discriminating Against Him (Post, NY1) Pavement to Parks: Pearl St. … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:55 AM EDT on July 13, 2010
- Reclaiming the Sheridan for People, Housing and Parks — It’s Within Reach (NYT)
- Fare Hike 2011: MTA Eyes 90-Ride Cap on Monthly Metrocards (News)
- State Authorities Loaded Down With $133B in Debt; MTA Share: $28B (City Room)
- Shocker: Forget About the Coup, Espada Says Dems Discriminating Against Him (Post, NY1)
- Pavement to Parks: Pearl St. Cafe Gets DOT to Convert Parking Spots to Outdoor Seating (DNAInfo)
- Parking Agents Spend Shifts Guarding Their Own Parked Cars in Westchester Square (Post)
- Would State DOT Widen This BQE Exit Ramp If Driving Had a Pricetag? (Bklyn Paper)
- 2nd Ave Sagas Questions the Need for More Public Hearings on Station Agent Layoffs
- Check Out Long Island’s “Better Burb” Finalists (MTR)
- Uber-Rich NYC Porschephiles Get in Line for Fantastically Anti-Urban Machine (Post)
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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