Today’s Headlines
Assembly Dems Lining Up Behind Silver’s Bridge Toll Plan (News, Post) Times, News and Post Give Silver Credit Dailies Report on the New Broadway (NYT, News, Post) News Needs Convincing That Broadway for Pedestrians Is a Good Idea Post Columnist Already Made Up Her Mind — ‘Bloomberg Hates New Yorkers’ Journos Judge Broadway Plan Based … Continued
By
Ben Fried
8:59 AM EST on February 27, 2009
- Assembly Dems Lining Up Behind Silver’s Bridge Toll Plan (News, Post)
- Times, News and Post Give Silver Credit
- Dailies Report on the New Broadway (NYT, News, Post)
- News Needs Convincing That Broadway for Pedestrians Is a Good Idea
- Post Columnist Already Made Up Her Mind — ‘Bloomberg Hates New Yorkers’
- Journos Judge Broadway Plan Based on Taxi Travel Times (Post)
- Report: Better Ped/Bike Infrastructure Can Prevent Cancer (Examiner via Streetsblog.net)
- Obama Budget Includes Revenue From Carbon Auctions (Grist, WaPo, Green Inc)
- Federal Panel Recommends Raising Gas Tax (NYT)
- Teen Driver Kills Disabled Man Waiting for Bus in Staten Island (News)
- More Answers From Port Authority Chief Chris Ward About Trains, Tunnels, and Trucks (City Room)
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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