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 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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