Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on July 10, 2013
- Leroy Comrie: MLS Stadium Will Go Somewhere in NYC, But Not Flushing Meadows Park (News)
- Queens Beep OKs Converting Citi Field Parking Lot to Mega-Mall; Vallone, Comrie Oppose (News)
- Census: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens See Big Increases in Transit Mode Share (MTR)
- “Brooklyn’s Bryant Park” Is Also an Enormous Traffic Magnet Thanks to EDC and DCP (NYT)
- Higher Rents in City Core Lead to Longer Commutes for Less Affluent NYers (WNYC)
- Reason #7 the Rent Is So Damn High: Parking Minimums (Biz Insider)
- Not Everything Anthony Weiner Said at the Tour de Queens Was Totally Stupid (Observer)
- Big American Cities Rethinking Parking Mandates (WSJ) You Read It Here First!
- Bike-Share Haters Hate Bike-Share Because They’re Jealous (Morning News)
- SI Railway Riders Yearn for Better Service (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Will Self-Driving Cars Self-Pay for Parking? (NYT)
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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