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Today’s Headlines

9:05 AM EST on February 4, 2009

    • Nation's Transit Agencies Forced to Cut Back as Ridership Booms (NYT)
    • $11B in Tax Breaks for Car Buyers Added to Senate Stim Bill (NYT)
    • NYC Pols Lobby for Transit Mega-Projects as Stimulus (NY1, City Room, Post)
    • Without Funding From Albany, MTA Cuts Will Strand Bus Riders in East New York (News)
    • Family of Chinatown Victims Tell Manhattan DA: Reckless, Negligent Decision Caused Crash (CBS)
    • News Investigates MTA Board Attendance at Fare Hike Hearings
    • Real Time GPS Bus Tracking Coming to Roosevelt Island (Roosevelt Islander)
    • Bronx's Lower Concourse Headed for Mixed Use Rezoning (News)
    • Transit, HSR Vie for Same Right of Way in Atlanta (Trains for America via Streetsblog.net)
    • SF's Bike-Share Pilot Too Meek to Succeed (Streetsblog SF)
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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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