Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Riders Sound Off to MTA Board About Service Cuts and Fare Hikes (NYT, NY1, News, Post) Even Car Makers Want to Set a Floor Beneath Gas Prices (AP) Details of Teresa Toro’s Dismissal Surface at CB1 Meeting (Bklyn Paper, Bklyn Eagle) Chatham Square Re-Design Task Force Wants More Space for Traffic (Villager) Family of DWI … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:05 AM EST on January 15, 2009

Riders Sound Off to MTA Board About Service Cuts and Fare Hikes (NYT, NY1, News, Post)
Even Car Makers Want to Set a Floor Beneath Gas Prices (AP)
Details of Teresa Toro’s Dismissal Surface at CB1 Meeting (Bklyn Paper, Bklyn Eagle)
Chatham Square Re-Design Task Force Wants More Space for Traffic (Villager)
Family of DWI Victim Outraged at 16-Day Sentence for Killer Driver (News)
New Car Rental Service Pitches Itself as Subway Alternative (Post)
Confirmation Questions for Ray LaHood (Hugh Bartling via Streetsblog.net)
Ryan Avent Evaluates Obama’s Picks for Urban Policy Positions (Grist)
Nate Silver: Demographic Strength of Cities Gave Obama Electoral Edge (Esquire)
Bay Guardian Hails Arrival of Streetsblog SF

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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