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Today’s Headlines

Council Members to MTA: Squeeze Money from Real Estate Assets (NY1) MTA Exec Directs Public Ire Toward Albany and City Hall (News) MTR: Thompson’s Car-Registration-Fees-for-Transit Proposal a Sensible Idea MTA Plans to Close Some Bridge and Tunnel Toll Lanes (Post) Boris Johnson Wants Bike-Share for London, Cuts Bike Route Funds (Guardian) More Details on CB4’s … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:11 AM EST on November 25, 2008

Council Members to MTA: Squeeze Money from Real Estate Assets (NY1)
MTA Exec Directs Public Ire Toward Albany and City Hall (News)
MTR: Thompson’s Car-Registration-Fees-for-Transit Proposal a Sensible Idea
MTA Plans to Close Some Bridge and Tunnel Toll Lanes (Post)
Boris Johnson Wants Bike-Share for London, Cuts Bike Route Funds (Guardian)
More Details on CB4’s Eighth Ave Cycle Track Vote (Chelsea Now)
Don’t Blame Infrastructure Projects for Slumping Sidewalk Retail (Curbed)
NY Area Big Three Dealerships Are on the Brink (Post)
Baghdad Commuter Rail Is Rolling, Slowly (LAT via Planetizen)
What’s the Right Price for a Subway Ride? (NYT)

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.

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