Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

No Charges Filed for Killing of Ibrihim Ahmed; Candidate May Quit Council Race (News) Gov Beats Around the Bridge Tolls in State of the State Speech; MTA Pleased Anyway (News, NY1) Another Headline About Lee Sander’s Salary — No Raise This Year (News) Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers (Freakonomics) DWI Killer Gets Off With 16-Day … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:02 AM EST on January 8, 2009

No Charges Filed for Killing of Ibrihim Ahmed; Candidate May Quit Council Race (News)
Gov Beats Around the Bridge Tolls in State of the State Speech; MTA Pleased Anyway (News, NY1)
Another Headline About Lee Sander’s Salary — No Raise This Year (News)
Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers (Freakonomics)
DWI Killer Gets Off With 16-Day Jail Stint (Post)
City Plans New Ferry Between Red Hook and Governors Island (Post)
More About MTA Station Booths on the Chopping Block (Brooklyn Paper)
Congressman Eric Massa Enters the Annals of Absurd Future-Car Stunts (Wheels)
Building a Culture of Bus Riding (Santa Rosa City Bus via Streetsblog.net)
2008 a Boom Year for Passenger Rail (Starts and Fits)

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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