Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Paterson Turns Attention to MTA Rescue Plan (NYT) Upstate Counties Come Out Against Ravitch Payroll Tax (Herald-Record, PoJo) Fare Hike Hearings Wrap Up in the Bronx (NY1) Ryan Avent Explains the Transit Paradox (Grist) Status Update on Boxer/Inhofe Stimulus Amendment (Infrastructurist) TSTC Sues to Stop Widening of Garden State Parkway (MTR) MTA’s Stim Wish List … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:08 AM EST on February 5, 2009

Paterson Turns Attention to MTA Rescue Plan (NYT)
Upstate Counties Come Out Against Ravitch Payroll Tax (Herald-Record, PoJo)
Fare Hike Hearings Wrap Up in the Bronx (NY1)
Ryan Avent Explains the Transit Paradox (Grist)
Status Update on Boxer/Inhofe Stimulus Amendment (Infrastructurist)
TSTC Sues to Stop Widening of Garden State Parkway (MTR)
MTA’s Stim Wish List in Flux Until Bill Is Final (2nd Ave Sagas)
The Next American Suburb (NYT)
City May Give MTA a Lift on Real-Time Bus Tracking (Post)
Good Parking Policy Could Turn Great in Boston Burb (Globe via Newton Streets via Streetsblog.net)

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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