Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:09 AM EDT on August 31, 2010
- India on Pace to Make Too Many Cars, Creating Pressure for More Highways and Parking (WSJ)
- DOT Commish Sadik-Khan and TA’s Samponaro Talk NYC Cycling on CNBC
- How Elle Vandenberghe‘s Mom Fought the Absurdity of New York Traffic Laws (NYT)
- NY Botanical Garden Gets Into Parking Business With 825-Space Subsidized Garage (News)
- PPW Design Tweak: City to Keep Drivers Out of Ped Spaces Using Granite Blocks (Bklyn Paper)
- Challenger Calls Out Skelos for Ignoring Basics of LIRR Upkeep (Albany Project)
- For AG, Pete Seeger Endorses Brodsky, #1 Foe of NYC’s Biggest Sustainability Initiative (DP)
- New Subway Cars to Come Equipped With Surveillance Cams — No Albany Vote Necessary (Post)
- Are School Bus Cuts in Jersey a Blessing in Disguise? (MTR)
- Summer Streets Fashion Revue With Bill Cunningham (NYT)
- Ben Kabak Tells a Staten Island Subway Saga
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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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