Today’s Headlines
Bloomberg Plan Expected to Call for Congestion Pricing (NYT, Post, Daily News) Spitzer Proposes Ambitious Energy Initiative (NYT) New Amtrak Service Could Boost ‘Sixth Borough’ (NY Sun) Demolition Delayed: Facing Lawsuits, Ratner Will Wait for Ruling (Brooklyn Paper) Closing Fifth Avenue for Atlantic Yards: Why So Soon? (Queens Ledger) Neighbor vs. Neighbor on 9th St. … Continued
8:39 AM EDT on April 20, 2007
- Bloomberg Plan Expected to Call for Congestion Pricing (NYT, Post, Daily News)
- Spitzer Proposes Ambitious Energy Initiative (NYT)
- New Amtrak Service Could Boost ‘Sixth Borough’ (NY Sun)
- Demolition Delayed: Facing Lawsuits, Ratner Will Wait for Ruling (Brooklyn Paper)
- Closing Fifth Avenue for Atlantic Yards: Why So Soon? (Queens Ledger)
- Neighbor vs. Neighbor on 9th St. (Brooklyn Paper)
- RELATED: One Driver for 9th St. Bike Lane (Brooklyn Paper)
- Heights Bridge to the Future? (Brooklyn Paper)
- UK Warns Climate Change Could Threaten Global Security (Guardian)
- City Bikes: Clean, Healthy, Fun — And Faster Than Cars? (Post Writers Group)
- Cell Phone Tracking to Protect Peds? (Gizmag)
- Animal Fat Diesel Riles Biorefiners (Autopia)
- Parking Your Car Is Even Worse Than Driving It (Slate)
- Parisians Use Second Life for City Planning (BBC)
Sarah Goodyear is a journalist and author who has covered cities and transportation for publications such as Grist, CityLab, and Streetsblog.
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