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Today’s Headlines

MTA Unveils Grim 2009 Budget; Electeds and Advocates React (NYT, News, Post, NY1) News Pins Responsibility for MTA Woes on Albany’s ‘Gutless Wonders’ How Budget Cuts Will Affect Service (News) Congress Tells Carmakers to Come Back With a Better Bailout Plan (NYT) Auto Execs’ PR Savvy Rivals That of MTA Board (CNN, Wheels) New Traffic … Continued
  • MTA Unveils Grim 2009 Budget; Electeds and Advocates React (NYT, News, Post, NY1)
  • News Pins Responsibility for MTA Woes on Albany’s ‘Gutless Wonders’
  • How Budget Cuts Will Affect Service (News)
  • Congress Tells Carmakers to Come Back With a Better Bailout Plan (NYT)
  • Auto Execs’ PR Savvy Rivals That of MTA Board (CNN, Wheels)
  • New Traffic Safety Paradigm: Reduce VMT, Reduce Risk (Planetizen)
  • Landmarks Commission Approves 90-Car Underground Garage for Brooklyn Heights (Bklyn Paper)
  • Portland DOT Proposes City’s First Cycle Track (BikePortland)
  • Elaborate Sticker Scheme Helps Albany Cops and Friends Evade Parking Fines (Times Union)
  • The ‘Draft Anthony Weiner for Senate’ Movement Begins (Cap’n Transit)
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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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