Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Queens Straphangers Counting on Albany to Avert MTA Doomsday (News) Congestion Pricing Foes Jeffries and Lentol to Stage Mock G Train Funeral (2nd Ave Sagas) New York to Receive $1.3B in Stimulus Cash for Transit (News) Attorney Claims Racial Profiling Made Client a Hit-and-Run Killer (News) DA Elections a Chance to Make Traffic Justice a … Continued

By Ben Fried

8:58 AM EST on February 17, 2009

Queens Straphangers Counting on Albany to Avert MTA Doomsday (News)
Congestion Pricing Foes Jeffries and Lentol to Stage Mock G Train Funeral (2nd Ave Sagas)
New York to Receive $1.3B in Stimulus Cash for Transit (News)
Attorney Claims Racial Profiling Made Client a Hit-and-Run Killer (News)
DA Elections a Chance to Make Traffic Justice a Campaign Issue (Cap’n Transit)
The Problem With Bonus Plazas (Grist)
Richard Florida on the Post-Crash Shape of American Cities and Regions (Atlantic)
Guess Which State Legislators Drive Taxpayer-Owned Cars (Times Union)
Ratner Gets Loan Extension, Looking for Stim Cash to Keep Atlantic Yards Alive (City Room)
What If Portland Had Been Overrun by Freeways? (BikePortland 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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