Today’s Headlines
Pricing Bill Amended; Now Includes PA Deal and Some Exemptions (Daily Politics) Silver Critical of Changes; Wants Budget in Place Before Pricing Vote (Post) Budget and Pricing Could Be Resolved Faster Than Expected (NYT) Paterson Proposes $60M in Cuts to MTA Operating Budget (Post, AMNY, News) Fidler Says the ‘Nays’ Prevail in City Council, But … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:50 AM EDT on March 31, 2008
- Pricing Bill Amended; Now Includes PA Deal and Some Exemptions (Daily Politics)
- Silver Critical of Changes; Wants Budget in Place Before Pricing Vote (Post)
- Budget and Pricing Could Be Resolved Faster Than Expected (NYT)
- Paterson Proposes $60M in Cuts to MTA Operating Budget (Post, AMNY, News)
- Fidler Says the ‘Nays’ Prevail in City Council, But for How Long? (Daily Politics)
- NYT Profiles New Yorkers Hooked on Driving
- Silver: ‘I Do Not Understand Need’ for Pedestrian Islands (Post)
- Judges Not Only Ones Grabbing Free Spots in Brooklyn Park (News)
- City Eyes Upper West Side for Performance-Based Parking Pilot (NYT)
- Stalled Atlantic Yards Towers May Turn Into Huge Parking Lot (Metro)
- New Haven Plan Would ‘Boulevardize’ Post-War Highway (MTR via GGW)
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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