Today’s Headlines
MTA Puts Off 19 Station Renovations, Including Four in the Bronx (News) No More Travel Perks for MTA Board (City Room, News, Sun, Post) Russianoff: Flap Over Free E-ZPasses Distracts From MTA’s Real Problems (Politicker) American ‘Gas Tourists’ Cross Into Mexico for Cheap Fuel (NYT) New Haven’s Safe Streets Movement Gains Political Clout (MTR) Gansevoort … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:57 AM EDT on June 26, 2008
- MTA Puts Off 19 Station Renovations, Including Four in the Bronx (News)
- No More Travel Perks for MTA Board (City Room, News, Sun, Post)
- Russianoff: Flap Over Free E-ZPasses Distracts From MTA’s Real Problems (Politicker)
- American ‘Gas Tourists’ Cross Into Mexico for Cheap Fuel (NYT)
- New Haven’s Safe Streets Movement Gains Political Clout (MTR)
- Gansevoort Transfer Station Deal Seen as Win for Bloomberg (Post)
- Diplomats Owe City $18M in Parking Fees (Newsday)
- Sun: Brooklyn Judges in Error for Parking on Ped Plaza
- Updated Designs for Highline Unveiled (NYT, Sun, Post)
- East River ‘Waterfalls’ On Tap (Post)
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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