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 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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