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Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EST on February 17, 2009

    • Queens Straphangers Counting on Albany to Avert MTA Doomsday (News)
    • Congestion Pricing Foes Jeffries and Lentol to Stage Mock G Train Funeral (2nd Ave Sagas)
    • New York to Receive $1.3B in Stimulus Cash for Transit (News)
    • Attorney Claims Racial Profiling Made Client a Hit-and-Run Killer (News)
    • DA Elections a Chance to Make Traffic Justice a Campaign Issue (Cap'n Transit)
    • The Problem With Bonus Plazas (Grist)
    • Richard Florida on the Post-Crash Shape of American Cities and Regions (Atlantic)
    • Guess Which State Legislators Drive Taxpayer-Owned Cars (Times Union)
    • Ratner Gets Loan Extension, Looking for Stim Cash to Keep Atlantic Yards Alive (City Room)
    • What If Portland Had Been Overrun by Freeways? (BikePortland via Streetsblog.net)
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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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