Today’s Headlines — PPW Rally Edition
In non-PPW news...
By
Ben Fried
9:04 AM EDT on October 22, 2010
In non-PPW news…
- Report: Runaway MTA Debt Will Wallop Transit Riders Unless Gov Steps Up (Post, News, AMNY)
- Meanwhile, Cuomo’s “Urban Agenda” Says Nothing About Transit (Transpo Nation)
- Feds’ Cost Estimates for ARC Tunnel Come in $4 Billion Lower Than Christie’s Scenario (Transpo Nation)
- Seven Injured in 6-Car Pile-up at Grand Army Plaza (Post)
- State DOT Bungles BQE Sound Barriers in Woodside (News)
Your featured presentation…
- Brooklyn Paper Pegs Turnout at 250 People for the New PPW, About 50 Against
- Are PPW Supporters Invisible? No Mention of Huge Numerical Advantage on WNYC, ABC, NY1
- Gothamist, Observer, CBS2, City Room Say It: Far More People Turned Out to Love the Lane Than Bash It
- Fact: PPW Redesign Drastically Cut Speeding & Sidewalk Riding as Cycling Boomed (Transpo Nation)
- This “Scofflaw Cyclists” Story Is the Bike Lane Piece That Appeared in the Times Print Edition Today
- Outstanding Bike Lane Editorial From the Brooklyn Paper
- From Before the Rally: Eric McClure Tells Fox 5 Why the New PPW Is So Much Better
- PPW Opposition: Brooklyn’s Answer to the Tea Party (WYDNKBYANM)
- Also Missed This Bit of Bklyn Bike Lane Humor in L Magazine Earlier This Week
- Doesn’t This Man Realize His Absurd Sign Hurts the Cause of Eliminating Bikeways? (Ink Lake)
- 28 Days Later, No One Really Cared How Many Parking Spots Were Left on PPW (Naparstek)
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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