Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:01 AM EDT on July 26, 2010
- Car Dependence and Prescription Drugs Don’t Mix (NYT)
- Weiner, Krugman Give Climate Bill Post-Mortems (WNYC, NYT)
- The Times Examines the Effect of America’s Huge Transit Repair Backlog
- Emanuel: Obama Now Considering “Infrastructure Rebuilding Bill” (WSJ)
- Subway Reliability Down, Ridership Up (NY1)
- Schumer Pushing to Maintain Transit Commuter Tax Break (News)
- Merchants Rally for Excessive Subsidized Parking at Flushing Commons (NY1)
- Alison Arieff Picks Some Favorite Entries from the Better Burb Contest
- Schneiderman Bill Would Make It Impossible to Tow Parking Scofflaws (News)
- NYPD Issued 21,136 Tickets for Riding on the Sidewalk Last Year (News)
- New York’s New Soccer Star Takes the Train to Game (Capital NY)
More headlines 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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