Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

MTA Fare Hike/Service Cut Rumors Abound as Board Meeting Approaches (NYT, News, Post, NY1) State Comptroller: MTA Can Save Big by Trimming Administrative Staff (Post) Delivery Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Hunts Point Hit-and-Run (News) Blow-by-Blow of Yesterday’s Carmaker Hearings on Capitol Hill (NYT) Lesson from Britain: Don’t Throw Good Money After Bad Car Companies … Continued

By Ben Fried

10:01 AM EST on November 19, 2008

MTA Fare Hike/Service Cut Rumors Abound as Board Meeting Approaches (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
State Comptroller: MTA Can Save Big by Trimming Administrative Staff (Post)
Delivery Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Hunts Point Hit-and-Run (News)
Blow-by-Blow of Yesterday’s Carmaker Hearings on Capitol Hill (NYT)
Lesson from Britain: Don’t Throw Good Money After Bad Car Companies (NYT)
Lots More Advice on What to Do About Detroit (Free Press, HuffPo, NYT)
City Council Votes on ‘Broken Parking Meter Rule’ Today (NY1)
DOT, EDC Unveil Re-Design of Brooklyn’s Albee Square, Part of Fulton Mall Makeover (Bklyn Paper)
Marc Shaw, of Congestion Mitigation Commission Fame, Is Going to Work for the Governor (TRE)
Mercedes Plans Huge New Showroom for 11th Ave and 53rd Street (City Room)

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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