Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on August 9, 2011
- America, Where We Cross Our Fingers and Pray for Cheap Gas to Stimulate the Economy (NYT)
- Sadik-Khan Previews Bike-Share — “a Convenient and Affordable Way to Get Across Town” — for Slate
- Could Higher Port Authority Tolls Lead to Rational Road Pricing All Over NYC? (City Hall)
- After Playing Shell Games With Port Authority Funds, Christie Attacks Ward Over Toll/Fare Plan (Post)
- Sources Say Christie and Cuomo Knew to Expect the Plan; Menendez Calls for Veto (Bergen Record)
- Post: $4 Hudson River Toll Hike “Grotesque”
- Bloomberg: No Opinion on PA Tolls (Daily Politics)
- Brighton Beach Car Owners Threaten to Cruise for Parking After Muni Lot Rate Hike (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Who Put Bloomberg Aide in Permanent Coma Gets 4-Year Max Sentence (News)
- Driver Injures Pedestrian Near Sidewalk-Nibbling 96th Street Subway Station (DNAinfo)
- As If NYPD Didn’t Already Let NYC Drivers Get Away With Murder… (Post)
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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