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Today’s Headlines

9:04 AM EST on January 14, 2009

    • Silver Punts on Bridge Tolls, Says Assembly Approves of Payroll Tax (NY1)
    • MTA Board to Hold Public Hearing on Austerity Budget Tonight (Post)
    • Post Sneers at 'Brodsky's Baloney' Nine Months Too Late
    • Yankee Stadium Deals Now Campaign Leverage Against Bloomberg (NYT)
    • Camera Enforcement Needed for SBS to Build on Initial Popularity (MTR)
    • Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers, Part 2 (Freakonomics)
    • MTR Digs Into MTA Sustainability Report
    • Obama Close to Naming 'Car Czar' (NYT)
    • Red Hook Ikea Cuts Free Bus and Ferry Service Again (Bklyn Paper)
    • Will the Stimulus Package Fund Light Rail in Fort Worth? (Fort Worthology via Streetsblog.net)

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