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 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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