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Today’s Headlines

9:04 AM EST on January 27, 2009

    • Mothers of Chinatown Crash Victims Beseech Morgenthau to Prosecute Driver (News)
    • Federal Transpo Policy Stuck in the Asphalt Age (Citiwire)
    • Now's the Time to Invest in Infrastructure at Bargain Prices (Ryan Avent via Streetsblog.net)
    • New Coalition Links Rail Advocates on Capitol Hill (The Hill)
    • Shocker: Detroit Balks at Tougher Emissions Standards (NYT)
    • Cross Bay Bridge Tolls an Affront to First Amendment, Say Broad Channel Residents (News)
    • MTA Takes a Bath in Bond Auction Brokered by Citigroup (NYT)
    • Poll: Bloomberg Leads Weiner By 7 (Post)
    • MTA Promises Fulton Transit Center Will Look Like Early Designs (NY1, 2nd Ave Sagas)
    • How Bad Is the Global Car-Crash Death Toll? (Treehugger)
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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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