Today's Headlines

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)

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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)

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Ben Fried

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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