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 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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